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Record summary
- Date
- Tuesday 9 September 2025
- Time
- About 2:40pm
- Location
- Hofmann Engineering's Bassendean
- Employer or operator
- Hofmann Engineering Pty Ltd
- Type
- Crush injury from three-tonne forging ring
- Deaths
- 1On Tuesday, 9 September 2025, a 45-year-old first-year apprentice was fatally crushed by a three-tonne forging ring at Hofmann Engineering's Bassendean factory in Perth, Western Australia
- Injured
- 1WorkSafe WA is leading the investigation into the fatality
- Regulator
- WorkSafe WA
What happened
Incident Overview
On Tuesday, 9 September 2025, a 45-year-old first-year apprentice was fatally crushed by a three-tonne forging ring at Hofmann Engineering’s Bassendean factory in Perth, Western Australia. The incident occurred at approximately 2:40pm local time while the worker was wrapping the component in plastic.
This is the second workplace fatality at the same site in six years. WorkSafe WA has commenced an investigation and expressed concern over the pattern of serious incidents at the facility.
- Fatalities:
- On Tuesday, 9 September 2025, a 45-year-old first-year apprentice was fatally crushed by a three-tonne forging ring at Hofmann Engineering’s Bassendean factory in Perth, Western Australia
- Injuries:
- WorkSafe WA is leading the investigation into the fatality
- On Tuesday, 9 September 2025, a 45-year-old first-year apprentice was fatally crushed by a three-tonne forging ring at Hofmann Engineering’s Bassendean factory in Perth, Western Australia
- WorkSafe WA is leading the investigation into the fatality
This is the second workplace fatality at the same site in six years. WorkSafe WA has commenced an investigation and expressed concern over the pattern of serious incidents at the facility.
WorkSafe WA is leading the investigation into the fatality. The regulator has expressed concern over the pattern of serious incidents at the site, noting this is the second workplace death at Hofmann Engineering’s Bassendean facility in six years. In 2019, a 46-year-old worker was crushed by machinery weighing more than a tonne, resulting in a prosecution and fine against the company.
WorkSafe WA is appealing for any workers, contractors or witnesses who were present at Hofmann Engineering’s Bassendean facility on Tuesday, 9 September 2025 between 2:00pm and 3:30pm to come forward with information. Reports can be made to WorkSafe WA on 1300 307 877 or via the online incident-report form at worksafewa.asn.au.
In Summary
WorkSafe WA is appealing for any workers, contractors or witnesses who were present at Hofmann Engineering’s Bassendean facility on Tuesday, 9 September 2025 between 2:00pm and 3:30pm to come forward with information. Reports can be made to WorkSafe WA on 1300 307 877 or via the online incident-report form at worksafewa.asn.au.