Work accident feed · Industry
Deaths and serious injuries on construction sites and during building maintenance work, and the investigations that follow.
Part of the Work accident feed: 379 records across all industries.
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RegulatorSafeWork NSW
A section of scaffolding collapsed from a building site in Ultimo, Sydney, on Saturday 26 September 2026, falling onto parked cars. SafeWork NSW said no one was injured. Inspectors attended the site…
Three workers were injured when two heavy packets of glass panels fell from a crane at a government-funded worksite in Glenroy, near Albury, on the New South Wales-Victoria border, according to ABC…
Nic Bryant, a 25-year-old rigger, died after sustaining fatal injuries at a construction site in North Wollongong, the ABC reported on 7 July 2026. The report said the accident occurred in May…
RegulatorWorkSafe Victoria
A 15-year-old boy died after a precast concrete panel fell at a factory in Dandenong South, Melbourne, on 24 September 2026. WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the fatal incident. The regulator’s initial statement…
A 59-year-old worker died after a scissor lift toppled at a factory in Truganina, Melbourne, on Wednesday 9 September 2026. He had been servicing an overhead bridge crane when it began moving,…
RegulatorWorkSafe WA
Elsdon has admitted responsibility in court after a roof collapse at a Curtin University construction site killed a 23-year-old apprentice carpenter and seriously injured other workers. ABC News reported on 9 September…
RegulatorWorkSafe ACT
A scaffolding worker in his 20s was awarded $752,487 after falling through an unprotected skylight at a construction site in Canberra. The ACT Supreme Court found that his former employer, ACT Height…
The Fair Work Commission upheld Jetstar’s dismissal of engineer Jarrod McRae after an incident in which two apprentices were left stranded on an elevated work platform inside a maintenance hangar. 7NEWS reported…
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