Tag: Workplace accidents
Investigations in to acid spill continue
Soil tests will be done today at the site of last week's acid spill in Darwin's rural area.[MORE]
Chinese fireworks plant blast kills 13
An explosion in an illegal fireworks plant in east China has killed 13 workers, the state-run media agency says, citing government officials.[MORE]
Police seize boat involved in snorkelling death
Police have seized a boat carrying tourists involved in an accident which killed a man snorkelling near Shark Bay, north of Geraldton.[MORE]
Storage tanker death to be investigated
The death of a man on a boat off the Dampier coast on Christmas Eve is being investigated.[MORE]
Gas supplies almost back to 'full capacity'
Apache Energy says repair work on its gas processing plant on Varanus Island has been delayed by recent cyclone activity in the North West.[MORE]
32 dead in China explosion, lift collapse
An explosion has rocked a Chinese village and a construction lift has plummeted to the ground in a Chinese provincial capital, killing at least 32 people, the official Xinhua news agency said.[MORE]
17 dead in gas leak at China steel plant: report
At least 17 people have been killed in a gas leak at a northern China steel plant near the nation's capital of Beijing, state press reported.[MORE]
Companies fined over worker's skylight fall
The Industrial Relations Court has fined two companies over a worker's fall through a skylight.[MORE]
Man hurt in Snowtown tractor roll
A man has been injured in a tractor roll at Snowtown in South Australia's mid-north.[MORE]
Cairns hospital cracks down on staff assaults
Police are cracking down on drunk and aggressive patients assaulting staff at the emergency department of Cairns Base Hospital, in far north Queensland, by increasing ward patrols.[MORE]
Two hurt in cherry picker fall
Two men have been injured after falling from a cherry picker at Keilor Park in Melbourne's north.[MORE]
Worker loses fingers in Warragul accident
A man has lost four fingers and half of a fifth after his hand was crushed by steel at a construction site in Warragul yesterday.[MORE]
Rescuers fail to reach 18 trapped miners in China
More than a day after 18 miners were trapped by a coal mine blast, rescuers still could not enter the mine in central China's Hunan Province because of high levels of gas, the Xinhua news agency quoted officials as saying.[MORE]
Man injured after six metre fall at city building site
Two separate investigations are underway following a serious fall at a Darwin construction site this morning.[MORE]
4 trapped after Mallorca hotel collapse
At least four workers were buried under tonnes of rubble when a hotel on the Spanish island of Mallorca partially collapsed following torrential rain, local officials said.[MORE]
Deaths prompt safe stacking call
WorkSafe is reminding workers to use safe systems when stacking goods, after fatal work incidents involving stacking procedures in the past 20 months.[MORE]
Companies fined over serious workplace accidents
Two Brisbane companies have been fined after a worker lost his eye and another fractured his arm in separate workplace accidents.[MORE]
Teen's death stops mine production
WorkSafe Victoria says workers who witnessed a fatality at Ballarat's goldmine yesterday are traumatised.[MORE]
Mine staff counselled after workmate's death
Staff at the Ballarat gold mine in Victoria have received counselling over the death of a teenage worker this morning.[MORE]
FMG pleads not guilty to cyclone death charges
Seven companies, including Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), have pleaded not guilty in the Perth Magistrates Court to charges relating to the deaths of two workers in a cyclone in the Pilbara. [MORE]
One injured in blast at ethanol plant
One person has been injured in an explosion at the largest ethanol distillery in Australia near Nowra on the New South Wales south coast.[MORE]
Dragline mishap partially closes mine
Part of a central Queensland coal mine remains closed after a dragline accident at the weekend.[MORE]
Work ban remains at fatal busway project site
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland says it has not decided when work will be allowed to resume at the site of a fatal accident on a Brisbane transport project.[MORE]
Zinifex fined $65K over smelter death
The previous operator of the Port Pirie smelter has been fined $65,000 and convicted of breaching workplace safety laws after a death at the smelter four years ago.[MORE]
Voyager disaster survivors still waiting for compo
A lawyer representing more than 100 survivors of Australia's worst peacetime navy disaster says it could take another year before many of his clients get their money.[MORE]
