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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The Fair Work Commission upheld Jetstar’s dismissal of engineer Jarrod McRae after an incident in which two apprentices were left stranded on an elevated work platform inside a maintenance hangar. 7NEWS reported…
Callum Smail, a 26-year-old farmer, died in a motorbike crash on a station near Broken Hill, the ABC reported on 27 May 2026. His family said he died on 13 April, two…
The ABC reported a “technical accident” at Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas complex on 23 June 2026. The source was a short video item showing a distant fireball and did not…
RegulatorWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland
Wilson Sprague, a 27-year-old helicopter pilot and stockman, died in a crash while tracking a bushfire near Kowanyama in Queensland. The ABC reported the circumstances and his family’s memories on 7 June…
RegulatorWorkSafe ACT
An independent worker narrowly avoided being crushed when a three-tonne coin press became unbalanced while it was being moved by forklift at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. 7NEWS reported the CCTV…
RegulatorSafeWork NSW
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…
Wumbulgal Agriculture was fined $555,000 after an 82-year-old worker died in a quad-bike crash on a property at Yenda in the New South Wales Riverina region. The ABC reported the Industrial Relations…
RegulatorWorkSafe Victoria
Echuca Moama Taxi Group was fined after two wheelchair passengers died in separate incidents on its services in 2021. The ABC reported the County Court of Victoria sentencing on 26 June 2026,…
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