A Victorian judge has teared up as he imposed a massive penalty for the first-ever prosecution of workplace manslaughter in Victoria. Laith Hanna, 47, returned before the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Monday after he and his company, LH Holding Management Pty Ltd, were charged by Victoria’s workplace health andContinue Reading
A teenager is fighting for life after falling while working at a construction site. Emergency services were called to the worksite on Victoria St, West End, in Brisbane, at about 1.30pm on Tuesday. Queensland Ambulance said a 17-year-old boy had fallen about 2.5m at the inner city worksite. It’s understoodContinue Reading
A young construction worker has died after being crushed between a roof and a platform during a workplace incident at a shopping centre. Ambulance Victoria confirmed paramedics responded to an incident at about 11am on Thursday, where a 25-year-old was taken to hospital following an incident at the North BlackburnContinue Reading
An iconic Aussie drink manufacturer has been fined $120,000 after a young factory worker had her entire scalp ripped from her head by machinery. South Australian based Nippy’s Waikerie Producers Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws over the significant injuries suffered by the then 18-year-old employee.Continue Reading
A man has been killed in a horror workplace incident after he was hit by machinery. Emergency services were called to the Cairns suburb of Portsmith, in Far North Queensland, at 2.49pm Friday to reports a man had suffered critical injuries. The man, aged in his 60s, had reportedly beenContinue Reading
A teenager has died in a workplace incident in Perth’s southeast. Emergency services rushed to TLC Surface Treatment factory on Railway Pde in Welshpool just after 8am on Thursday. They discovered a 16-year-old boy who had suffered critical injuries before taking him to hospital. WorkSafe WA said he was “struck”Continue Reading
A man has died after a workplace incident in a warehouse south of Brisbane. NCA Newswire understands a fibreglass pool fell on the man and crushed him inside of a company warehouse in Beaudesert, around 85km south of Brisbane City. He sustained critical injuries from the incident that he wasContinue Reading
A man has been killed in a workplace incident in Perth’s inner southeast. St John Ambulance crews were called to a business on Banksia Rd in Welshpool just before 10am on Monday. The man, aged in his 30s, was found critically injured at the scene. There was nothing paramedics couldContinue Reading
Customers and staff at an Adelaide McDonald’s were left in shock as they witnessed a woman go over the counter to hurl abuse at workers while helping herself to food and drinks. The incident, which occurred on Thursday night at the Hindley St store in the CBD, led to theContinue Reading
The family of a young woman who lost her life while working at a Woolworths in NSW has paid tribute to their “beloved wife, stepmother, sister, aunty and friend”. On November 25, emergency services rushed to the Woolies at Jesmond Central, near Newcastle in the NSW Hunter Region about 7.30amContinue Reading