Work accident feed · Industry
Deaths and serious injuries in trucking, warehouses, ports, rail and delivery work, and the investigations that follow.
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The Real Juice Company and its sole director were fined after a reversing forklift struck worker Grace Poletta at the company’s Griffith site in New South Wales. The ABC reported the Industrial…
An ABC investigation published on 22 July 2026 reported six incidents involving falling tools and building materials at BlueScope’s Port Kembla steelworks in the months after contractor Jack McGrath was fatally injured.…
A contractor in his mid-20s has died after being struck by a falling steel beam at BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla steelworks, prompting investigations by SafeWork NSW and a full shutdown of the…
On Wednesday, 25 September 2025, a man believed to be in his 30s died following a serious workplace incident at a warehouse on Heather Street, Heatherbrae in the Port Stephens area of…
A man has died after being struck by a forklift at a warehouse in Sydney’s east on Monday morning. The incident occurred at a busy worksite in Matraville, sparking a police investigation…
On Sunday, 8 September 2025, a man in his 40s was fatally struck by a vehicle while performing duties at Sydney Airport's freight handling terminal at approximately 10:30am local time. WorkSafe NSW…
On Friday, 25 July 2025, a man in his 20s, believed to be a Vietnamese national, was killed in a forklift accident at an industrial site on Powdrill Road, Prestons, in southwest…
On Friday, 25 July 2025, 25-year-old Thanh Dat, a Vietnamese national working as a forklift driver, was fatally crushed beneath a forklift at a business on Powdrill Road in Prestons, in Sydney's…
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