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A Monbulk nursery and horticulture supplier has been fined $250,000 after the death of a worker who fell through a shed roof onto a concrete floor.

Two related elevator companies have been convicted and fined a total of $930,000 after an apprentice electrician died while working for his father in West Melbourne.

A telecommunications infrastructure company and one of its directors have been convicted and fined a total of $545,000 after the asphyxiation of a worker who was attempting to repair a gas leak at Bentleigh East.

WorkSafe has charged a plumbing contractor, a construction company, and a hire equipment provider following the death of a worker after an incident involving an elevated work platform at a North Blackburn construction site in August 2023.

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a worker following an incident during earthworks at Kilmore on Friday.

WorkSafe has charged a transport company and a commercial laundry operator after a driver died following a fall from a truck's elevated tailgate at Dandenong South in June 2023.

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a worker following an incident involving a forklift at a Fairfield warehouse on Sunday.

Victorian businesses and individuals making strides in workplace health and safety are invited to share their stories by entering the 2025 WorkSafe Awards.

A Sunshine North food waste collection company has been charged after a worker was fatally struck by the garbage truck he was operating in a Melbourne laneway in June 2023.