A major Victorian dairy company has been convicted and fined $35,000 after an incident where a worker’s finger was severed in a machine that shreds cheese. The company pleaded guilty of failing to provide a safe working environment in a hearing at the Geelong Magistrates’ Court this week. The incident happened on the 7th August 2012. […]

A South Australian company was fined with $90,000 plus legal fees after an employee’s wrist and forearm were crushed in a machine. The company was prosecuted by SafeWork SA under the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986 for failing to ensure the safety of an employee due to an ineffective guard over the machine. […]

A brick company has been given a fine of $90,000 for a workplace incident where the face of a worker was crushed by a hydraulic ram. The ram came down on the shoulders of the worker and forced his face into the fallen bricks that he was attempting to recover. He was transported to hospital with […]

A company manufacturing plasterboard products was fined $40,000 and more than $1800 in costs over a worker’s serious injury. The company pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment causing serious harm to an employee. They were fined in the Midland Magistrates Court on Monday. The incident happened in June 2010 when a machinery […]

Almost four dozen people have suffered crush injuries at work, WorkCover NSW research has revealed. The study shows in the 12 months from August 2012, 46 incidents occurred whilst people were working around large machinery or heavy vehicles. In light of the increasing prevalence of crush injuries WorkCover NSW is calling for businesses and workers […]

WorkCover NSW reminded workers to observe safety when working with electricity and powerlines after a recent analysis revealed that there had been two electrocutions and 14 electric shocks in a recent 12-month period. The WorkCover analysis covers data from August 2012 to August 2013. “In one instance, a worker was installing air-conditioning at a petrol […]