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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RegulatorWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland
A worker was seriously injured at the Crinum underground coal mine near Emerald, Queensland, on Saturday 12 September 2026. The 71-year-old man was hurt during maintenance involving a pressurised air pipe and…
Six contraband incidents at Queensland underground coal mines have prompted a statewide safety alert, with the mine-safety regulator warning that one spark could trigger a fire or explosion. No injury was reported…
Five people were taken to hospital after a forklift caught fire at a commercial container site in Hemmant, in Brisbane’s east, on Friday 4 September 2026. Two people suffered severe burns and…
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 Victoria
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 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…
RegulatorSafeWork NSW
Davis Lausii, a Tongan mechanic working in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, suffered a serious workplace injury while repairing a nut-harvesting machine at Kerarbury Orchard near Darlington Point…
RegulatorWorkSafe Tasmania
Report Overview Tasmania’s workers compensation scheme is under review after the amount paid by the state government for workers compensation claims rose from $32.7 million in the 2015 financial year to $143.4…
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