Dangerous machines endanger lives - act now before it's too late
WorkSafe statistics reveal almost 450 body parts have been amputated from Victorian workers by common types of machinery used in Victorian workplaces over the last five years.
Category : Construction & Utilities
Second company fined $60,000 after fall leaves worker in wheelchair
A building company has been fined $60,000 for an incident which left a worker a paraplegic after he fell from the rafters of a two-storey house in Keysborough.
Safety blitz targets housing construction
WorkSafe has started its housing construction safety blitz, with five suburban and regional areas to be targeted in a series of coordinated visits.
Plumber fined over Chelsea Heights explostion
A licensed plumber whose work van exploded at Chelsea Heights in 2009 was convicted and fined $25,000 at the Frankston Magistrates' Court today.
Refrigeration company convicted and fined
A Kyabram refrigeration business has been convicted and fined $45,000 over an explosion that left an apprentice with third degree burns to 35 per cent of his body.
Safety issues ignored, young truck driver dies
A drilling rig supervisor who told an inexperienced 21-year-old man to drive a truck with defective brakes and no seat belt down a steep slope before the vehicle crashed, killing the driver, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison, suspended for three years.
Building company convicted and fined for fatality
A structural collapse which killed a man at Dandenong South in 2008 has resulted in a $350,000 fine for a major development company.
Construction trenches are hostile environments
WorkSafe has warned employers and workers in the construction and utilities industries not to be complacent about trench safety.
Nail Gun Shooting Takes Apprentice's Eye
A roof tiler has been convicted and sentenced to four months jail after shooting an apprentice with a nail-gun causing him to lose the site in one eye.
Warehouse Collapse Kills Man. Building Company Convicted & Fined $350,000
A structural collapse which killed a man at Dandenong South in 2008 has resulted in a $350,000. fine for a major development company.
Scaffold overload ends in $100,000 fine
A Reservoir bricklaying company which potentially risked a collapse at a Prahran construction site by overloading scaffolding by more than double the safe limit has today been convicted and fined $100,000.
Domestic construction sites blitz
WorkSafe construction inspectors are staging a pre-Christmas blitz of domestic housing sites in Melbourne’s west from 8 December.
Work stopped at Observation Wheel
WorkSafe has ceased work at the Southern Star Observation Wheel following an incident at the site that caused the wheel to rotate last night.
Scaffold Collapse At Geelong
WorkSafe is investigating an incident involving a scaffold which fell and landed on a car at the Geelong suburb of Belmont this morning.
Asbestos concerns raised
To coincide with Asbestos Awareness Week, WorkSafe is reminding employers and workers of the need to focus on good work practices to prevent people inhaling fibres.
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