Work accident feed · Industry
Deaths and serious injuries on farms, stations and orchards, and the investigations that follow.
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RegulatorWorkSafe Victoria
On a day in January 2022, a 70-year-old Afghan national, Jafar Bunyad, fell from a moving fruit-bin trailer at the intersection of North South Road and Reserve Road in Woorinen South, north-west…
In the early hours of Tuesday, 3 February 2025, a wind turbine at Berrybank Wind Farm near Geelong in western Victoria collapsed during severe thunderstorms, with wind gusts recorded at up to…
On Tuesday, 12 November 2024, a worker was fatally crushed by a turbine blade at the Golden Plains Wind Farm near Beaufort in Victoria. The incident occurred during maintenance or assembly work…
On Friday, 27 September 2024, an 84-year-old farmer died after losing control of a tractor while spraying an orchard on his property in Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Emergency services…
RegulatorSafeWork NSW
Between 2020 and 2024, the Manildra Group's Shoalhaven Starches facility in Bomaderry on the NSW south coast reported 55 dangerous incidents and 31 serious injuries, according to data obtained by the ABC…
On Thursday, 23 October 2024, two 30-metre-high wheat silos collapsed at Manildra Group's grain processing facility in Bomaderry, New South Wales, triggering a massive grain spill across the site. SafeWork NSW and…
RegulatorWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland
On Wednesday, 11 December 2024, a 55-year-old farm worker was fatally injured in an excavator accident at a macadamia farm on Queensland's Fraser Coast. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) and Queensland…
RegulatorSafeWork SA
On Friday, 5 July 2024, a 63-year-old man died after becoming trapped in a silo at a property on the Princes Highway at Salt Creek, approximately 210 kilometres southeast of Adelaide in…
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