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A Geelong dive company has been fined $40,000 after an exploding scuba cylinder severely injured an instructor and caused significant building damage.

A woman has died after being injured while operating a silage wrapper on a farm at Jack River in Gippsland on Wednesday.

Unsafe amusement set-ups at recent community events have prompted WorkSafe to issue a warning to organisers hiring rides for end-of-year celebrations.

Health and safety regulators on both sides of the border are teaming up to help Mildura’s construction industry address workplace hazards before they lead to injuries.

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a worker who was crushed by a wind turbine blade at Rokewood yesterday.

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.

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.

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.

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.