A 40-year-old man was struck by a reversing street sweeper at about 11pm in Melbourne last night.
WorkSafe spokesman Michael Birt said it was the fourth work-related death in the past 10 days in Victoria, and the 20th this year.
A crack in a crane at a desalination plant forced the evacuation of 120 workers yesterday.
The workers were sent home at 2.30pm on full pay after the fault was detected in a crane in the pumping station area of the plant.
The workers were evacuated for safety reasons, reports the Herald Sun.
A 44-year old farm worker received fatal head injuries in a 3-metre fall from a forklift truck during work to deposit fertiliser into a bin on a farm at Yarrawonga, Victoria.
A loaded crane collapsed, killing a 27-year-old worker at BHP Billiton's iron ore loading facility at Finucane Island at Port Hedland.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore reports that "The onsite emergency team has been activated and external emergency services including police are attending the scene," adding th…
Ambulance Victoria reports that a man died and five other people were treated by paramedics after a chemical spill in Victoria this morning.
Paramedics treated the man for about 20 minutes including managing his airway and using intravenous drugs in an attempt to restart his heart but unfortunatel…
As part of WorkSafe Victoria's 'The Skeleton Project', three CEOs spent a day with their workers, under the cover of a workplace safety researcher, to find out more about musculoskeletal injuries.
Read more about The Skeleton Project and find out how it gave these CEOs a unique insight into the i…
A 30-year old man has died after a freezer roof collapsed at an abattoir in Australia yesterday. Initial reports suggest that the worker was sweeping the floor of a blast freezer when part of the roof collapsed due to a build-up of ice.
A worker has been treated for a serious leg injury after an accident involving a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) on board Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Warramunga.
The contractor for BAE Systems was carrying out routine maintenance on the ship.
Two men hurt in Preston sewer explosion
Two men suffered burns when petrol from a car they were fixing entered a nearby sewer and exploded. Fumes travelled through pipes into nearby homes, damaging some bathrooms.
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