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Monday 15 September 2025
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a worker after an incident during an irrigation installation at an orchard in Koonoomoo, near Cobram, on Thursday.
WorkSafe has charged a freight transport company after a forklift driver was fatally crushed by bulk bags of animal feed at its Tottenham warehouse in May 2024.
Thursday 04 September 2025
WorkSafe has charged a traffic management company after a worker died in a collision on the Eastern Freeway in August 2023.
Wednesday 03 September 2025
WorkSafe reminds persons who erect, maintain, and manage scaffolds about the risks associated with overturning scaffolds.
Friday 29 August 2025
WorkSafe has urged Victorian employers to secure worksites as potentially damaging winds sweep the state over the next 24 hours.
Wednesday 27 August 2025
An air conditioning company has been fined $85,000 after a first-year apprentice fell through a staircase void at a residential construction site in Ormond.
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