Near miss between light vehicle and haul truck This safety alert provides safety advice for the NSW mining industry. Issue The hazards of complex intersection design in open cut mines...
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In May 2018, two workers fell to the ground when the second storey floor of a residential building under construction collapsed after materials were placed on it by a crane....
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Over the coming months, it will be critical for WA employers to understand what these changes will mean for their business and to ensure they are ready for the introduction...
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A Darling Downs transport company was recently fined $60,000 in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. The incident occurred at the Toowoomba-based transport company's depot, when a...
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The first seven days of evidence in the coronial inquest into the deaths of four members of the public (Roozi Araghi, Luke Dorsett, Kate Goodchild and Cindy Low) on the...
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The Victorian Supreme Court has held in Puleio v Olam Orchards Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 109 that an employer did not breach its duty of care by failing to prevent a worker from...
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Inaccurate record keeping has led to a successful Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) prosecution of construction services firm Metropolitan Demolitions, it has emerged. The Sydney construction services company and a...
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The Dreamworld incident involved the death of four patrons on the 'Thunder River Rapids' ride when their raft collided with another raft near a large conveyor belt at the end...
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The defendant company held duties under s.19 (2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and carried on a leucaena crop pruning business. It owns and operates two modified cane fertiliser...
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Two Melbourne companies have been convicted and ordered to pay a total of $62,000 in fines in relation to scaffolding at a Bentleigh East development site. Whineray Consulting Pty Ltd,...
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