Reducing workplace harm. Improving outcomes for injured workers.

A builder and scaffolding company have been fined a total of $400,000 for safety breaches at a Moonee Ponds housing development after a carpenter died following a suspected fall.

New ideas to enhance the recovery and return to work of injured Victorian workers are being funded through a new WorkSafe grants program.

A builder has been convicted and fined $65,000 after metal scaffolding was erected within 10 centimetres of a live power cable on an Elwood construction site.

A Goulburn Valley fruit grower will spend an estimated $220,000 to improve health and safety outcomes after a worker's hand was caught and degloved in a conveyor belt.

A youth charity has been fined $45,000 after a student was inadvertently set alight during a science experiment at an after school care program.

A Clayton South man has been ordered to pay back more than $125,000 and complete 240 hours of community service after he was caught working as a rideshare driver while receiving workers compensation payments.