18th February 2014 The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) is investigating the first mine fatality for 2014. The fatal rockfall incident occurred at Central Norseman Gold’s underground Harlequin mine early in the morning on Saturday 15th February 2014. State Mining Engineer Simon Ridge extended condolences to the 59 year-old man’s family. “The DMP investigations […]
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Riverlands Eltham fined for workplace injury
23 January 2014 Meat processor Riverlands Eltham Ltd has been fined $42,500 and ordered to pay reparations to a staff member of $12,500 following a workplace injury in which the staff member lost the end of his right index finger. The company was convicted in the New Plymouth District Court at a hearing on 5 […]
Retrial over young Miner’s death
Thursday 23rd January 2014 A WA mining company is facing a retrial over the death of a worker in 2008, after a judge overruled an acquittal on charges the firm failed to provide a safe working environment. In September 2008, teenage apprentice Adam Michael Sargeant was driving on the Yandi mine site in the Pilbara […]
Chicken Treat fined over burns to young worker
Thursday, 19 December 2013 Chicken Treat Collie has been fined $11,000 (plus $1316.00 in costs) over an incident in 2010 where a young worker received serious burns. Pageys Pty Ltd – trading as Chicken Treat Collie – pleaded guilty last month to failing to provide a safe work environment, and was fined in the Bunbury […]
Serious Confined Space Accident on Dairy Farm
27th November 2013. Three people are in a critical condition and six others are injured after being overcome by fumes at a Victorian dairy farm. Two police officers and a paramedic are among a group of nine people injured in the industrial accident, on a rural property in Cloverlea, near Warragul in the state’s east. […]
The Benefits of Health and Safety Consultants
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Health and Safety Consultants are effectively used by industry and businesses to help provide protection to their employees in relation to their safety, health and welfare. They provide the establishment, and/or improvement of a safe and healthy work environment. It is important that businesses provide a safe and healthy workplace for moral, legal, and financial […]
WorkSafe investigates fatality at Rockingham Naval Base worksite
11th September 2013 WorkSafe is investigating a work-related fatality at the BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd trading as BGC Cement worksite in Naval Base near Rockingham this afternoon. A 44-year-old man was believed to have died as a result of a fall. This is the second death at the Beard Street site within 11 months. Inspectors […]