Incident records by state and territory
Workplace deaths, serious injuries and the investigations, prosecutions and inquests that follow, across Australia.
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Incidents and their outcomes, by state and territory
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Introduction A worker was injured after being struck by the propeller of a single-engine Cessna aircraft at a worksite in South Australia’s Mallee region. The incident occurred in September 2023, according to…
A South Australian court sentenced Adelaide mother Crystal Hanley to 17 years’ jail after she admitted to criminally neglecting her six-year-old daughter, Charlie, who later died. The case relates to events at…
On Tuesday, 21 October 2025, South Australia's Skills Commissioner issued an unprecedented indefinite ban on Scott Thornton, a former owner of Ultra Tune franchises in Adelaide, prohibiting him from employing apprentices. The…
On 24 March 2025, Adelaide-based rideshare driver Mohammad Shareed Hotak was assaulted by three passengers on Hindley Street after asking them to stop using drugs in his vehicle. One passenger subsequently lodged…
A tragic workplace accident in South Australia’s Barossa Valley has claimed the life of a 46-year-old man after a stone wall collapsed on him at a property in Nuriootpa. Emergency services were…
A greyhound trainer and handler was seriously injured when a 28-kilogram mechanical lure struck him during a trial at Greyhound Racing SA’s Angle Park track in Adelaide on Tuesday, 6 September 2022.…
A Riverland citrus exporting company, Lochert Bros Pty Ltd, has been fined $129,000 after a 22-year-old employee suffered a severe degloving injury while operating a high-pressure washing machine at its facility in…
On Sunday, 8 December 2024, a young woman sustained serious hand injuries in a machinery accident at a workplace in Adelaide, South Australia. SafeWork SA was notified and has commenced an investigation…
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