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Wednesday 06 November 2024
An indoor play centre has been convicted and fined a total of $60,000 after an eight-year-old girl suffered two compression fractures to her spine when her safety equipment failed and she fell about seven metres from a rope ladder.
Thursday 31 October 2024
A construction company will spend more than $1.2 million to improve health and safety outcomes after two workers were seriously injured in separate incidents on major infrastructure projects.
Wednesday 30 October 2024
A Rutherglen winery and gin distiller has been fined an aggregate $50,000 after an explosion and fireball injured workers and customers during a 'distiller for a day' experience.
Thursday 24 October 2024
Employers and workers are being reminded that even a small falling object can hit hard – from a seemingly harmless bolt striking with the force of a fast motorcycle to a sledge hammer packing the punch of a city bus.
Wednesday 23 October 2024
A recidivist Melbourne food manufacturer has been convicted and fined another $100,000 after a worker's fingers were severed in a large mixing machine.
Thursday 17 October 2024
WorkSafe has charged two companies in relation to the collapse of a large section of structural steel framework at the redevelopment of the Kew Recreational Centre in October 2022.
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