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Wednesday 30 April 2025
This safety alert is a reminder for all quarry and mine operators. It is about the risks of failing to use safety devices when operating powered mobile plant. This alert focuses on the need to wear seatbelts in articulated dump trucks.
WorkSafe has charged a diesel mechanic after a worker was fatally struck by the garbage truck he was operating in June 2023.
Tuesday 29 April 2025
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a truck driver after he was crushed while attempting to close an eight-metre-wide gate at a Dandenong South depot last Thursday.
Thursday 24 April 2025
A major construction company will spend more than a million dollars to improve health and safety outcomes after an unloading incident left a young man with life-threatening injuries.
Tuesday 22 April 2025
An industrial plastics manufacturer has been fined $75,000 after a worker suffered life-threatening crush injuries when his head was caught in machinery.
Thursday 17 April 2025
Fourth-generation Wimmera farmer Scott Arnold knows that safety improvements can have a big impact – not only on productivity but on peace of mind.
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