Incident records by state and territory
Workplace deaths, serious injuries and the investigations, prosecutions and inquests that follow, across Australia.
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Incidents and their outcomes, by state and territory
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RegulatorSafeWork SA
A first-year apprentice carpenter suffered a serious head injury at a residential construction site in Tennyson, west of Adelaide. In a 12 October 2026 release, SafeWork SA reported that it had commenced…
RegulatorWorkSafe Victoria
A person was rescued after becoming trapped in a grain silo on Thompson Street in Dunolly, Victoria, on 6 October 2026. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) reported a multi-agency response. Its account…
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 54-year-old worker died at a warehouse in Tottenham, Melbourne’s west, on 15 September 2026. WorkSafe Victoria said a load dislodged from a reach stacker and crushed the man against pallet racking.…
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…
RegulatorWorkSafe WA
Dalmain Enterprises Pty Ltd, trading as ATS Mining Maintenance, has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge following the death of heavy diesel mechanic Ty Drummond at a South Boulder workshop in…
WorkSafe WA is investigating after a fire engulfed the driver’s cab of a heavy-duty mining shovel at Kalgoorlie’s Super Pit. No worker was injured. ABC News reported on 13 September 2026 that…
RegulatorWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland
A Senate committee has recommended an independent review of a Defence safety report into the 2023 MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crash near Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands. The crash killed four Australian Defence Force personnel…
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