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Charges over shipping container crush
Freight company charged after worker crushed
Workplaces benefit by boosting mental health
Stay electrically safe during flood clean up
WorkCover’s response for flood-affected policyholders
Truckie fined after teenager crushed in workplace incident
No one immune from workplace tragedy
Gold Coast handyman fined $60,000 for unlicensed and dodgy electrical work
School fined $140,000 after tree branch death
Medical fees update – effective 1 March 2022
Unguarded meat slicer cuts deep for local wholesaler
Psychological health regulations open for comment
Fraudulent horse trainer to repay almost $67,000
$275,000 fine for pipe manufacturer after worker’s death
Company fined $210,000 after truck tragedy
Safety rebate doubles to help small businesses be COVID safe
Man dies after tractor-trailer incident
Abattoir fined $35,000 after worker’s fall
Helping horticulture businesses have safe harvest
Free expert advice to build safer construction industry
New enforceable undertakings guidelines
Worker dies after fall from truck
Changes to reporting Covid cases in workplace
Fraud scores own goal in greedy compensation ploy
Handyman fined after using wrecking bar to remove asbestos
Near-miss leads to $25,000 fine for unsafe lifting
Worker killed in forklift incident
Covid notification requirements rolled back
Truck driver killed in crash
Huge fines imposed on major macadamia nut grower
Company and director fined after worker crushed
SafeWork construction site visits to highlight silica dusk and mental health risks
Students elected University Lecturer Miia Mäntymäki chemistry teacher of year 2021
Man killed in farming incident
Meat processor fined $400,000 after stockman’s death
Safety focus of farm visits
$300,000 fine after worker crushed
Company fined following tank container fire
Operator charged after car wash fatality
Truck driver killed by falling road barrier
Department fined $200,000 over student’s death
Driver killed in rollover incident
WorkSafe Awards finalists announced
Compensation fraud to repay almost $60,000
WorkSafe investigates rollover death
Medical fees update – effective 1 December 2021
Licence scheme to protect engineered stone workers
New strategy to boost mental health at work