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Monday 31 March 2025
A recycling company has been convicted and fined $35,000 after six workers were injured in an aerosol gas explosion at its Shepparton plant.
Friday 28 March 2025
A hay exporter has been convicted and fined $400,000 after a worker was crushed in machinery and killed at a factory in Bridgewater, near Bendigo.
The operator of Yallourn power station has been convicted and fined $170,000 over a fire that put workers at risk during maintenance works.
This is a reminder for businesses that sell plastic jerry cans and removable marine fuel tanks. The Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road and Rail) Regulations 2018 requires these fuel containers to comply with the Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG Code).
Monday 24 March 2025
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a worker who was found at the bottom of a silo at a quarry in Montrose, east of Melbourne, on Saturday.
A metal galvanizing business has been convicted and fined $340,000 after a worker was fatally crushed when a suspended load fell from a crane at a Dandenong South factory.
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