Fine and conviction for bullying manager
02 May, 2019A $7500 fine and conviction has been issued to a food retail manager, after he was accused of bullying a storeman.
Vehicle parts inflict head injury on mechanic
26 April, 2019Serious injuries were inflicted on a Queensland worker when he was hit by vehicle parts during an incident in March 2019.
Planting machine crushes and kills worker
26 April, 2019A Queensland worker has died on a rural property after he was crushed by the wheels of a planting machine being towed by a tractor.
Man falls from roof, impaled on metal picket
25 April, 2019A contractor has been killed after falling off a roof at a property north of Bendigo.
Company fined $30K for unsafe concrete panel storage
24 April, 2019A $30,000 fine without conviction has been issued to a precast concrete manufacturer for endangering its workers with incorrect panel storage.
Transport company fined $154K after worker run over
18 April, 2019A $154,000 fine has been issued to a Victorian transport and warehouse company, following a subcontractor death in 2016.
4 m factory fall kills worker
17 April, 2019A man who fell around four metres at a factory in Clayton has been killed.
NT skipper convicted, fined $20K over deckhand death
16 April, 2019A conviction and $20,000 fine has been issued to a skipper for a Darwin shipping company, following the death of a deckhand.
Can farting in the workplace amount to bullying?
15 April, 2019 by Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim*An employee who claims he was bullied by a flatulating fellow worker has vowed to take his former employer to the High Court of Australia.
Garbage truck crushes and kills driver
12 April, 2019A garbage truck has crushed a man to death in Koonwarra, South Gippsland.
Legal action launched after miner death
11 April, 2019Prosecution proceedings have been launched by the NSW Resources Regulator against a mine, following an alleged workplace death in April 2017.
Forklift injuries spark $95K fine for abattoir
11 April, 2019A $95,000 fine has been issued to a Warrnambool abattoir, after two of its workers were struck by a forklift.
Worker crushed, UK food processor fined £1.4m
10 April, 2019A £1.4 million fine has been issued to a UK food processing company, after one of its workers sustained serious crush injuries.
Fake electrician on Airtasker fined $100K
09 April, 2019A $100,000 fine has been issued to a man who fraudulently posed as an electrician on the Airtasker online marketplace.
Multiple injuries caused by high-pressure fluid releases
05 April, 2019Several injuries caused by high-pressure fluid releases have recently been reported to the NSW Resources Regulator.
