A Brisbane-based construction company has been fined $30,000 after a worker lost an eye in a nail gun accident.
A FREMANTLE grain handling company has been fined $8000 for a 2005 incident in which a worker’s hand was severely cut by an auger.
ACCORDING to new national workers compensation statistics, the number of workers compensation claims for mental health disorder, respiratory disease and neoplasm has jumped.
WORKSAFE Victoria has provided details on the role of Return to Work (RTW) Inspectors and how they support and enforce return to work in the workplace.
MEMBERS of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) who are working for the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) must not work alone.
A construction worker has escaped with light injuries after cherry picker tipped over and collapsed onto a crane at Melbourne University on 27 May 2008.
PARAMEDICS have recovered a dock worker who was pinned under a 1.5 tonne weight at Victoria Docks early on 15 April 2008.
A 38-year-old Alinta power worker was electrocuted while restoring electricity to the suburb of Mornington in Melbourne.
TASMANIAN Minister for Infrastructure, Resources, Planning and Workplace Relations Steven Kons has reminded employers and workers of the need to safeguard against exposure to UV radiation while at work.
WORKSAFE has issued two prohibition notices against a pipeline-laying project in Victoria after construction workers were exposed to asbestos.