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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.


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.


Green waste grinder fatality leads to $470K+ fine

12 May, 2026

After 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.


Scaling Safe Productivity across Australian Manufacturing Ecosystem

01 May, 2026 | Supplied by: SICK Pty Ltd

As industrial automation continues to evolve, organizations that treat safety as a strategic asset will move faster, operate smarter, and scale with confidence.


$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 | Supplied by: Ideagen

Automation promises to provide the infrastructure to manage machinery risk at a scale and consistency that paper-based methods cannot match.


$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.


Staying alive: how technology can minimise the risks of distracted driving

20 April, 2026 | Supplied by: Zetifi

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.


Rethinking machine safety: a systems-based approach for safer workplaces

13 April, 2026 | Supplied by: Speedshield Technologies

A systems-based approach asks the question: how do risks emerge from the interaction between people, machines and the environment as a whole?


Application report: Cold, clever, convenient — Früchte Jork puts new deep-freeze warehouse into operation

07 April, 2026 by Manager Corporate Communications at Leuze | Supplied by: Leuze electronic Pty Ltd

Früchte Jork GmbH from Baden-Württemberg, Germany — a family-run fresh food wholesaler — has reached an important milestone: Its new, fully automated deep-freeze warehouse is in operation.


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.


Machine Safety Services from Concept to Operation

01 April, 2026 | Supplied by: Pilz Australia Industrial Automation LP

Pilz understands the full journey of machinery safety — not just the technical aspects, but the operational, human and regulatory pressures shaping it.


Manufacturer fined $90K after worker's finger severed in a granulator

26 March, 2026

A 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, 2026

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


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