Machine > Control systems

$210K fine after 20-year-old worker's hand pulled into rock crushing machine

15 June, 2026

A 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, 2026

A 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, 2026

The 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, 2026

An 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, 2026

A 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, 2026

Transport 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.


Stanley the cone offers advice on common workplace hazards

24 April, 2026

This video shows SafeWork SA's 'Stanley the cone' campaign, which raises awareness on falls from height, roll-away vehicles and spills.


$550K fine after unsafely secured truck load is involved in fatal collision

24 April, 2026

After 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

Automation 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

Having 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, 2026

A 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

A 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, 2026

Following 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.


NT gains Centre for Asphalt and Road Technologies

23 March, 2026

Charles Darwin University has announced the launch of a new road safety research hub in the Northern Territory.


On the road and in the field — how technology can safeguard workers

09 March, 2026

For businesses with mobile and field workers, occupational health and safety obligations can be harder to meet. Here's how connected fleet safety can help.


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