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A construction company has been convicted and fined $26,000 following multiple safety breaches at a Geelong building site.

A fruit and vegetable wholesaler has been fined $50,000 after a worker was struck by a load falling from a forklift at its Breakwater warehouse.

A solar panel installer has been convicted and fined $35,000 after workers were caught on the roof of a two-storey home in Leopold without fall preventions in place.

A Melbourne tiler who injured his back while working for his brother-in-law's company has been convicted and ordered to repay $92,774 after he returned to work while continuing to receive workers compensation payments.

A company has been convicted and fined $28,000 for exposing workers to the risk of respirable crystalline silica while manufacturing engineered stone at a Knoxfield factory.

A dumpling maker has been convicted and fined $45,000 after a worker's fingertip was amputated by a part of a dumpling machine at a Dandenong South factory.

A five-day blitz of border construction sites has helped boost workplace safety on both sides of the Murray.

WorkSafe is reminding employers and tradespeople that the risk of asbestos exposure remains an unfortunate reality in Victorian workplaces.

A farmer has died after he was run over by his tractor while working at Lockington, south west of Echuca on Sunday.