A CRANE operator has been fatally crushed between two trucks in Northcote, northern Melbourne.
SAFEWORK South Australia is investigating a site on the corner of King William and Gilles Street in Adelaide after a steel beam fell 12 metres to the ground.
FOSTERS has pleaded guilty to two workplace safety charges arising from the crushing death of an employee at its Abbotsford plant in 2006.
WORKERS at the Port Kembla BlueScope Steel facility are taking part in a “Stop for Safety” campaign supporting the Australian Workers’ Union’s ban on the use of high pressure hoses.
A LABOUR hire company has been fined $27,500 after worker’s fingers were crushed in an unguarded machine.
A form worker was struck by half a steel column shutter and killed, prompting WorkCover NSW to publish a safety alert on the erection and dismantling of formwork.
A Gold Coast man has survived being crushed by a two-tonne steel sheet by dialling 000 on his mobile phone.
P&O Ports was fined $40,000 for failing to provide a safe workplace after an incident at Port Hedland in which a worker’s legs were seriously and permanently injured.
BULLEX Digital Safety has introduced the ITS Xtreme, a live fire extinguisher training simulator for use by safety personnel and companies.
CHALLENGE Australian Dairy has pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe work place. It was fined $20 000 for a 2005 incident when a worker lost part of his finger.