WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the death of a 57-year-old truck driver who was fatally crushed by a gate at a Dandenong South depot.
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Category: Fence & Gate Incidents
$300,000 safety spend after worker crushed after barriers & fencing fell
A civil construction company will spend $300,000 on safety improvements, including creating and presenting safety videos to school students, after traffic management barriers and fencing fell and seriously injured a...
Company fined $350,000 after fatal gate crush
A gate manufacturing and repair company has been convicted and fined $350,000 after a truck driver was fatally crushed under a falling gate at a Dandenong depot.
Charges laid after fatal balcony fall: Importance of balustrade safety highlighted
WorkSafe Victoria has charged a landscaping company after a tragic incident in which a man died following a fall from a balcony undergoing renovations at a Keilor home. The incident...
Fatal incident involving fencing activities
Earlier this year, a worker sustained fatal crush injuries undertaking fencing activities on a rural property in Queensland.
Boom gate incident
A worker has sustained a partial amputation and serious laceration to his finger when he was loading a boom gate into a trailer and the trailer gate struck his finger,...
First conviction of owners corporation over industrial gate fatality
Owners corporations of commercial properties have been put on notice after SafeWork NSW successfully prosecuted an owners corporation in July 2024 for failing to repair a faulty gate that resulted...
$10K fine for fence removal
A Western Australian man has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $4,000 in costs for removing asbestos fencing without the required licence.
Worker fatally injured by gate in Queensland
Recently a Queensland worker died after a large steel sliding gate fell on him, according to WorkSafe Qld.
$650,000 fine after fatal road safety barrier crush
A road safety equipment manufacturer has been fined a total of $650,000 following the tragic death of a truck driver crushed by a falling steel barrier at a Nar Nar...