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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On Thursday, 6 November 2025, a 34-year-old Sydney Trains worker died after being trapped in a cherry picker that collided with a disused railway bridge on Inch Street, Lithgow, in New South…
On Tuesday, 6 August 2025, at approximately 9:00am, a concrete pumping equipment collapse occurred at a Meriton construction site on Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford, in Sydney's northwest. Two workers were critically injured:…
On Tuesday, 25 October 2016, skilled carpenter Iremar Da Silva fell from the first floor of a residential construction site in Ryde, north-west Sydney. There were no safety barriers in place at…
On Wednesday, 9 April 2025, a construction worker was hospitalized after a crane collapsed at a building site on Seeland Place, Padstow Heights, in southwest Sydney. The driver became trapped in the…
On Thursday, 9 January 2025, a handyman was killed in a workplace accident at a residential property in Eastwood, Sydney, when a water tank collapsed and trapped him beneath it. SafeWork NSW…
On Wednesday, 11 September 2019, Todd Connell, a construction worker employed by ReidStitt Constructions, died from fatal head injuries after falling 5.75 metres from a scaffold during dismantling work at a Sydney…
On Friday, 22 December 2023, a 13-year-old boy sustained a serious head injury after falling from scaffolding at a construction site in New South Wales. The teenager was visiting the site with…
On Tuesday, 14 November 2023, a 20-year-old construction worker was fatally struck by falling reinforcement material at the John Hunter Hospital expansion site in Newcastle, New South Wales. The incident occurred at…
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