Fine for scalping incident increased to $150,000

A Shepparton fruit packing company has been convicted and fined $150,000 on appeal following an incident which left an employee with horrific scalping injuries.

Housing sites on notice to reduce the risk of falls

Ricegrowers Ltd fined $260,000 following maintenance worker’s death

Agricultural processor Ricegrowers Ltd has been convicted and fined $260,000 following the death of a maintenance worker at a stock feed plant in Tongala.

49-year-old man faces serious fraud charges

WorkSafe has charged a Roxburgh Park man with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by allegedly receiving more than $700,000 in unlawful workers compensation payments.

Entries open for the 30th annual WorkSafe Awards

The role that all Victorians can play in making workplaces safer will be highlighted at the 2018 WorkSafe Awards.

Worker dies after being struck by tractor attachment

A man in his 20s has died after being struck by a tractor attachment at a property at Carwarp, near Mildura.

Man dies in farm truck rollover near Warragul

A worker in his early 30s has died after the fertiliser spreader truck he was driving rolled on a steep hill north-east of Warragul yesterday afternoon.

Don’t chance it with musculoskeletal injuries, WorkSafe warns

Builders and contractors are being urged to do more to prevent musculoskeletal injuries, the most common type of injury to construction workers.

Company fined $380,000 after Mt Waverley pit collapse

A structural engineering firm which drew up the plans for excavation works at a Mt Waverley construction site has been convicted and fined $380,000 after the pit collapsed, leaving homes teetering on the edge of a 10 metre drop.

Company fined $42,000 for failing to guard machinery

A Hoppers Crossing cardboard carton manufacturer has been fined $42,000 for failing to properly guard four separate pieces of machinery.