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As Victorians gear up to celebrate the end of another big year, WorkSafe is reminding employers not to relax on safety in the final weeks of 2022.

Latrobe Valley coal mine operator AGL Loy Yang Pty Ltd has been fined after workers were put at risk from a fire sparked by a faulty conveyor in 2018.

WorkSafe Victoria is reminding employers to play it safe when dealing with material that contains asbestos and to ensure they are meeting their legal obligations.

An auto electrician has died while working on a truck in Campbellfield on Saturday.

WorkSafe has charged the operator of a cattle feedlot following the electrocution of a worker near Dimboola.

A company that manufactures reinforced concrete products has been fined $30,000 after a worker's hand got caught in a machine at its Kilmore workplace, resulting in serious injury.

A corrugated cardboard manufacturer has been fined a total of $40,000 after failing to control health and safety risks from a gluing machine at a Campbellfield factory.

An aged care nurse has been fined $25,000 after working casual shifts at a facility in Highett while positive for COVID-19.

A food manufacturer in Richmond has been convicted and fined $30,000 after a worker injured his finger while operating a dim sim machine in 2020.