$210K fine after 20-year-old worker's hand pulled into rock crushing machine
15 June, 2026A mineralogical services company has been fined after a worker — only employed for a few weeks at the business — sustained serious crush injuries to four fingers.
Aboriginal Corporation charged over rollover incidents that included a fatality
15 June, 2026A Central Australian Aboriginal Corporation has been charged by NT WorkSafe in relation to two rollover incidents that injured two workers and killed a third.
Manufacturer fined after 200 kg gate falls on mother and three children
05 June, 2026The sole director of a company that manufactured, supplied and installed a sliding gate at a NSW property has been convicted and fined $50,000 after it overran its supports.
$1.1m WHS penalty sets Commonwealth record
02 June, 2026An Adelaide truck crash that killed two motorists has seen the largest ever penalty imposed under federal work health and safety laws.
Charges laid after worker fatally crushed by articulated front-end loader
25 May, 2026A recycling centre is facing charges after an articulated front-end loader reversed into a 26-year-old worker sorting recycled goods, causing fatal crush injuries.
Calls for renewed focus as National Road Safety Week gets underway
19 May, 2026Transport Australia, Safer Australian Roads and Highways Group, and the Australasian College of Road Safety are calling for a focus on practical, proven road safety measures.
Green waste grinder fatality leads to $470K+ fine
12 May, 2026After a worker was fatally injured while attempting to clear a blockage in a green waste grinder from within the feed chute, a recycling centre has been fined $472,500.
$550K fine after unsafely secured truck load is involved in fatal collision
24 April, 2026After the ratchet strap securing an intake boom on a truck failed and was later involved in a fatal collision, a trucking company has been fined $550,000.
Fewer breakdowns, fewer breaches: how automation tackles machinery risk and downtime together
23 April, 2026 | Supplied by: IdeagenAutomation promises to provide the infrastructure to manage machinery risk at a scale and consistency that paper-based methods cannot match.
Staying alive: how technology can minimise the risks of distracted driving
20 April, 2026 | Supplied by: ZetifiHaving drivers on your team who don't keep their full attention on the road is dangerous on multiple fronts. Here's how technology may be able to help.
$360K fine after worker struck by a rotating aircraft propeller
20 April, 2026A horticulture and agriculture farming business has been fined $360,000 after a light aircraft propeller caused traumatic shoulder-to-hand worker injuries.
Rethinking machine safety: a systems-based approach for safer workplaces
13 April, 2026 | Supplied by: Speedshield TechnologiesA systems-based approach asks the question: how do risks emerge from the interaction between people, machines and the environment as a whole?
Worker struck by falling tree trunk lands company $70K fine
07 April, 2026Following a worker suffering serious injury after he was struck by a falling section of a tree trunk, a company has been convicted and fined $70,000.
Manufacturer fined $90K after worker's finger severed in a granulator
26 March, 2026A plastic packaging manufacturer has been convicted and fined $90,000 after a worker's index finger was severed in a granulator.
NT gains Centre for Asphalt and Road Technologies
23 March, 2026Charles Darwin University has announced the launch of a new road safety research hub in the Northern Territory.
