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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RegulatorWorkSafe Tasmania
On Monday, 21 November 2023, a male worker in his 30s employed by West Coast Council was killed in a ride-on mower accident at Frank Long Memorial Park in Zeehan, Tasmania. The…
RegulatorWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland
In April 2020, a worker at Seven Star Rubber Crumb Pty Ltd, a tyre recycling business in Rocklea, Queensland, suffered severe hand injuries including the amputation of two fingers while operating a…
In August 2020, long-haul truck driver Glen Bennett was involved in a severe multi-vehicle collision north of Gin Gin in Queensland. Dense fog or smoke reduced visibility on the road, leading to…
In late July 2020, a harvester operator was fatally electrocuted when the machine contacted or came into close proximity with an overhead powerline on farmland in Queensland. Five other workers at the…
On Friday, 21 November 2025, a man in his 60s was fatally struck by machinery at a business on Tooheys Street in Portsmith, a suburb of Cairns in Far North Queensland. He…
RegulatorSafeWork SA
On Friday, 20 November 2023, a 30-year-old worker from Adelaide Hills was fatally crushed when a dump truck's hydraulic hoist failed at Mulch N More's Brinkley depot near Murray Bridge in South…
RegulatorWorkSafe Victoria
In October 2021, a 20-year-old apprentice suffered severe head injuries after being struck by a steel pipe that bent and whipped during a lathe operation at Dennis Jones Engineering's Gippsland facility in…
In July 2023, a contract worker suffered catastrophic injuries in an explosion at a shipping container company in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The blast, caused by an uncleaned drum containing flammable solvent, resulted…
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