Education department charged after student severs fingers in guillotine
By Ethan Seiderman and Philippe Perez
WorkSafe Victoria has charged the Department of Education after a Beechworth Secondary College student "severed" his fingertips in a guillotine.
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #EthanSeiderman #PhilippePerez
'I had the uniform cut off me and it was the last time I ever wore it'
By Pip Waller
More than two years on from a serious crash that saw him medically retired, a former police officer says he can still hear the screech of tyres before the deafening bang of a car slamming into his police wagon.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/retired-police-officer-shares-harrowing-story/106011590
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #Police #MentalHealth #PipWaller
Ballarat mine operators charged over fatal rockfall
By Laura Mayers
The operators of Ballarat Gold Mine have been charged over a rockfall that killed 37-year-old miner Kurt Hourigan and seriously injured a 21-year-old workmate in March 2024.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/ballarat-gold-mine-collapse-charges/106031668
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #MiningandMetalsIndustry #Gold #LauraMayers
Worker's death overshadows BlueScope AGM
Shareholders and executives observe a minute’s silence at BlueScope’s AGM for the young worker killed at Port Kembla steelworks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-18/bluescope-agm-fatality-whyalla-gas/106023286
#Steel #RegionalCommunities #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #Work
Breaking: Contractor dies in workplace accident at Port Kembla steelworks
By Nick McLaren
A worker in his 20s has died after he was hit by a steel beam while working on the upgrade of a blast furnace at the Port Kembla steelworks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-17/worker-killed-at-port-kembla-steelworks/106017806
Premier concedes 'it's over' after 16-hour debate on workers' comp
By Alexander Lewis
The Minns government has been unable to break an impasse after six months of trying to pass the legislation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-14/nsw-government-workers-omp-changes-defeated/106010610
#Work #StateandTerritoryParliament #Laws #GovernmentandPolitics #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #OccupationalHealthandSafety #AlexanderLewis
'Spewed out all over the place': Sewage leak closes police watch house
By Penny Travers
The police union calls for Canberra's city watch house to be condemned and a new one built after faulty sewerage forced the site to be temporarily closed.
#Police #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #Unions #PennyTravers
Woman seriously injured after car ploughs into Launceston food court
By Scout Wallen
Tasmania Police says a woman has been seriously injured after a car crashed into a food court in Launceston's CBD.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-05/mortys-launceston-food-court-car-crash/105974210
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #ScoutWallen
Man dies after worksite incident in WA's Goldfields
By Katrina Tap
A worker in his 60s has died after sustaining critical injuries on a property in South Kalgoorlie.
Holiday workers risking injury so Australians can get meat
By Natasya Salim and Erwin Renaldi
Many young people on the Working and Holiday Visa programs come to Australia to fill labour shortages in industries like meat processing and farming, but there are concerns around their health and safety in dangerous workplaces.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-01/working-holiday-makers-face-higher-risk-of-injury/105876542
#OccupationalHealthandSafety #Work #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #LawCrimeandJustice #NatasyaSalim #ErwinRenaldi
'Dark days ahead' as experts predict lengthy probe into fatal mine blast
By Melinda Hayter
A leading Australian expert in mining safety says the investigation into a fatal explosion at a western New South Wales mine could take a long time because "mining is getting more complex".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-29/lengthy-investigation-into-mine-explosion-expected/105942064
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #MiningandMetalsIndustry #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #OccupationalHealthandSafety #MelindaHayter
Nathan Luke Stevens cleared after pineapple farm electrocution
By Vanessa Jarrett
The owner of a pineapple farm charged over the death of a 25-year-old worker has successfully appealed his conviction.
#Courts #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #VanessaJarrett
Breaking: Man and woman dead after underground mine explosion in NSW
By Bruce MacKenzie
Authorities are investigating a fatal underground mine explosion in western NSW.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/nsw-fatal-mine-explosion-cobar/105941058
#MiningAccidentsandIncidents #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #MiningandMetalsIndustry #BruceMacKenzie
Breaking: Worker dies at CBH grain facility in WA's Wheatbelt
A man in his 60s dies at a grain facility in Western Australia's Wheatbelt.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-25/worker-dies-at-cbh-grain-facility-in-merredin/105934480
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #OccupationalHealthandSafety #Work
Worker's body recovered after canoe capsizes on farm dam
By Lani Oataway
SafeWork New South Wales will investigate the death of a man who died while working on a dam in the NSW Central West.
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #EmergencyServices #LaniOataway
Union criticises fine for mining company over worker's death
By Vanessa Jarrett
The MEU has described the fine as "inadequate" for the loss of someone's life.
#Courts #MiningAccidentsandIncidents #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #Unions #VanessaJarrett
Abattoir worker who lost part of leg in accident recalls how he was blamed
By Andrew Mangelsdorf
Almost four years after his leg was partially severed in a workplace accident, Dean Spencer's recovery is ongoing.
Meter reader contractor not paid when workers skipped houses due to dogs, inquest hears
By Alexandria Utting
After meter reader Kane Minion was fatally mauled by dogs at a Queensland property, the Coroners Court hears details about the electricity provider's work procedures.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/kane-minion-dog-attack-meter-reader-inquest/105889012
#DogAttacks #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #Courts #AlexandriaUtting
Firefighter suffers serious injuries after being hit by falling tree
By Charles Rushforth
A volunteer firefighter is hospitalised with head and neck injuries after being hit by a falling tree on a fireground on the NSW north coast.
#Bushfires #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #CharlesRushforth
Union labels pepper spray trial 'dangerous' after two incidents in two weeks
By Gemma Ferguson
Security guards at a Darwin nightclub have been confronted with pepper spray two weekends in a row, during the first month of a Northern Territory-wide trial of the weapons.
#Assault #StateandTerritoryGovernment #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #GemmaFerguson
