A recent WorkSafe Victoria prosecution has highlighted how poorly designed or incomplete fencing around machinery can contribute to life-changing injuries – a key lesson for anyone involved in designing, supplying...
In a recent judgment, the NSW District Court considered an incident where a 200 kg sliding gate at a demolition site on Parramatta Road, Leichhardt collapsed onto a woman and her...
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.
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...
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.
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...
Earlier this year, a Queensland worker sustained fatal crush injuries undertaking fencing activities on a rural property.
Earlier this year, a worker sustained fatal crush injuries undertaking fencing activities on a rural property in Queensland.
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,...
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...