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WorkSafe has charged a plumbing contractor after a worker was injured when a two-metre deep trench partially collapsed during works at a residential property at Mount Waverley in August 2024.

A Bendigo laboratory has been fined $10,000 after missing deadlines for testing two workers for possible lead exposure above acceptable limits.

WorkSafe has charged a chemical manufacturer following a catastrophic fire that caused extensive damage to a Derrimut factory in July 2024.

A demolition company has been fined $200,000 without conviction after a partial collapse trapped two workers in a scissor lift during works at a site in Carlton.

A regional taxi company has been convicted and fined $133,128 over the risk to passengers in wheelchairs.

A transport company has been convicted and fined $330,000 after a driver died following a fall from a truck's elevated tailgate at a commercial laundry in Dandenong South.

A garlic bread wholesaler has been convicted and fined a record $3.4 million for workplace manslaughter after a worker fell to his death at a bakery in Reservoir.

WorkSafe has charged the operator of a Gippsland farm after a worker died while operating a bale wrapper in November 2024.

WorkSafe has charged a Mildura almond processor after a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a forklift in July 2024.