Degloving incident costs Mildura juice company $30,000
11 December, 2020Lencia Fruit Juices Pty Ltd has been fined $30,000 after a worker's hand was sucked into an unguarded bottling machine, resulting in nerve damage.
Transport and logistics company charged over 2018 incident
02 December, 2020K. & S. Freighters has been charged with breaching work health and safety laws, after a 2018 incident at an Adelaide depot left a worker with serious injuries.
Company fined $40K for failing to supervise worker
29 October, 2020A company has been fined $40,000 for failing to adequately supervise a young worker who sustained serious injuries while cleaning a plate roller.
$40K fine after workplace incident leads to amputation
16 September, 2020A sheet metal fabrication company has been fined $40,000 after a workplace incident that led to a work experience student having to amputate the tip of his finger.
Victorian meat processor fined for severe hand injury
10 August, 2020Diamond Valley Pork has been fined $130,000 for a 2019 incident in which a worker's hand was crushed while trapped in a waste chute.
SafeWork SA calls for caution when using crushing plant
08 May, 2020A worker has died while clearing a metal tramp blockage in a cone crusher, prompting SafeWork SA to urge businesses to practise caution around crushing plant.
Hazard prevention around plant machinery
09 March, 2020A worker was seriously injured in December 2019 after his hand was caught in a hopper. Here is how to prevent similar injuries around plant machinery.
Bakery fined $90,000 for breaching safety procedures
09 March, 2020A Queensland bakery has been fined $90,000 for breaching safety procedures, after a worker sustained severe permanent injuries while cleaning an oven loader.
See-through polycarbonates screen manufacturing workers
06 March, 2020See-through polycarbonates offer machinery and structural safeguarding benefits for the manufacturing sector.
Fencing contractor fined $25K for crushed hand
26 February, 2020A fencing contractor has been fined $25,000 after a teenage worker sustained a serious hand injury while installing galvanised steel fence posts.
Kitchen manufacturer fined $60K for amputated fingers
21 February, 2020A kitchen manufacturer has been fined $60,000 after a cabinet maker severed three fingers while cutting panels with a panel saw.
Worker injured in incident at Ravensworth Operations
10 February, 2020A worker has been injured at Ravensworth Operations, after driving a light vehicle over an edge.
Crushed hand leads to $55K fine for Campbellfield company
10 January, 2020Lakeside Packaging has received a $55,000 fine after two people sustained serious hand injuries while operating a paper mill in the facility.
Meat slicer seriously injures worker
28 October, 2019WHS Queensland is investigating after a young worker suffered serious hand injuries at a meat processing plant.
Worker's foot amputated in feeder bin incident
24 June, 2019A worker's foot has been surgically amputated onsite after his legs became trapped in three exposed operating augers at the bottom of a feeder bin.
