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Huge fine after elderly woman injured in chair fault

An elderly woman's fall from a faulty reclining chair will cost a public aged care provider a six-figure fine following a WorkSafe investigation.

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Energy giant fined $170k over power station fire

Energy Australia is considering a decision to convict and fine it over a fire at Yallourn power station, after the company fought to be spared conviction.

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Building regulator to stand trial after worker's death

The Victorian Building Authority has pleaded not guilty to allegations it failed to provide a safe workplace for an inspector before they took their own life.

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Energy Australia pushes for no conviction over fire

Power giant Energy Australia is seeking to avoid a conviction after admitting it breached health and safety laws when a fire broke out at one of its plants.

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Silenced workplace victims to reclaim sentencing voices

More loved ones of workers killed in workplace accidents would be allowed to speak of their loss under recommended sentencing law changes.

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TasTAFE ignored carbon monoxide danger before poisoning

TasTAFE knew of dangerous carbon monoxide levels months before a teacher and two students were hospitalised, a damning report has found.

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Bouncy castle safety warning ahead of summer fun

Bouncy castles and other inflatables aren't always properly anchored, putting children's safety at risk, a workplace safety watchdog has warned.

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Details emerge on wind farm death amid law scrutiny

A dislodged blade on a turbine platform is being blamed for the death of a wind farm worker as Victoria's industrial manslaughter laws are criticised.

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Unions slam wind farm's safety after blade kills worker

The Danish company building a huge wind farm where a worker was crushed and killed by a turbine blade says safety is its number one priority.

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Rokewood windfarm death: man crushed by turbine blade at Victorian worksite

Company says subcontractor was killed as blade was being prepared for installation, with WorkSafe to investigate

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Warning as workers thrown off revamped compo scheme

The Victorian government has been accused of kicking workers off the state's revamped compensation scheme to raid it for profits.

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Indigenous woman's death in custody to go unpunished

Victoria's workplace safety regulator has declined to launch a prosecution over the death of an Indigenous woman in custody, citing insufficient evidence.

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Companies charged after man jailed over workplace death

WorkSafe has charged two companies over the death of a worker who was crushed under a Bobcat at a construction site.

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Aged home fined $66,000 for burns that killed resident

A Melbourne aged-care facility has been fined $66,000 after a patient suffered burns from a hydronic heater, which led to amputation and ultimately his death.

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Govt handed hefty fine after worker's 'tragic, life altering' crushing

'First successful prosecution of its kind in the ACT.'

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Watchdogs eye engineered stone suppliers amid bans

Stone suppliers and manufacturers are on different alert levels after some faced surprise inspections after a nationwide ban took effect.

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Legal Aid failed to keep staff safe from psychosocial risk: WorkSafe

The legal assistance service has been issued an improvement notice.

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An overdose of orange cones? What the review of NZ’s workplace safety rules must get right

The government’s recently announced review of New Zealand’s health and safety system puts the spotlight back on the 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act – and why it has failed to keep New Zealanders safe on the job.

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Factory fire probes won't be quick, authorities warn

Investigations into what sparked one of Melbourne's biggest factory fires will not be quick, fire and environment authorities have warned.

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A year into mandatory reporting, workplace sexual assaults still go 'underreported'

WorkSafe to push for confidentiality change in mandatory reports.

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Teacher dies after falling through skylight at Melbourne primary school

Paul Hogan fell more than three metres to concrete ground while collecting balls from roof of Spotswood school, WorkSafe Victoria says

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Concrete company fined $50,000 after worker's death

A concreting company has been sentenced after admitting it failed to provide a safe working environment for a man who was killed after being struck in the head.

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From cleaner to crane driver in one easy crash

WorkSafe Victoria has reprimanded a steel engineering company after a cleaner filled in for a sick crane driver working on a job for the Spirit of Tasmania.

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Monash Health fined $160k over patient's death

Monash Health has been fined $160,000 in the Victorian County Court after it failed to ensure one of its mental health inpatients was not at risk of self-harm.

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Travel company and school charged after student's death

The death of a 16-year-old student on a school trip to Vietnam has resulted in WorkSafe laying charges against a travel company and his school.

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