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
On Wednesday, 7 February 2024, a man in his 30s sustained a serious arm injury when his arm became trapped in machinery at a workplace site on Old Nine Mile Road in…
On Monday, 15 January 2024, Luke O'Brien, a 27-year-old worker, was fatally crushed in the fuel-bay area of BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA)'s Saraji coal mine near Dysart in Central Queensland. He was…
On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, James Norton, a 67-year-old groundsman, suffered fatal injuries when a scissor lift he was operating tipped over at Toowoomba Christian College in Queensland. Norton was working alone…
RegulatorSafeWork SA
SafeWork SA is investigating occupational health concerns reported by workers at the Smith Chip's factory in Adelaide, where employees producing 'flamin' hot' Doritos have experienced breathing difficulties and skin irritation linked to…
RegulatorSafeWork NSW
On Friday, 22 December 2023, a 13-year-old boy sustained a serious head injury after falling from scaffolding at a construction site in New South Wales. The teenager was visiting the site with…
On Saturday, 16 December 2023, Thuy Le, a 49-year-old co-owner of Erskine Park Bakery in NSW, died following a workplace accident at the bakery premises on Swallow Drive and Peppertree Drive. The…
RegulatorWorkSafe Victoria
In August 2021, a worker at Eureka Chip Company Pty Ltd, a corn chip manufacturer based in Victoria, suffered serious injury when his finger became entangled in an unguarded corn grinder while…
RegulatorWorkSafe Tasmania
In December 2021, six students died and others were injured when a jumping castle became airborne during an end-of-year event at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania. The equipment was operated by…
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