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Friday 19 December 2025
A disability service provider has been convicted and fined a total of $370,000 after a carer failed to respond to an alarm or check on a client who died after suffering a seizure and falling out of bed.
Thursday 18 December 2025
A worker has died after being struck by a reversing garbage truck at a Ravenhall waste facility on Wednesday.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
A cured meats manufacturer has been convicted and fined $200,000 after a worker was struck by a forklift and pinned to the ground at the company’s Mickleham warehouse.
Tuesday 16 December 2025
A worker has been fatally crushed during harvesting operations at a farm in Balmoral on Sunday.
A healthcare provider has been convicted and fined $230,000 after an aged care resident was injured when her reclining chair failed.
Monday 15 December 2025
A worker has died after falling from the roof of a residential property in Patterson Lakes on Saturday.
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