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 Victoria
Steven Yousif, director of Melbourne Glass Solutions, has pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to failing to provide a safe working environment. The charge relates to a sustained pattern of physical…
RegulatorWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland
Tuesday, 20 November 2023 saw a series of four separate workplace accidents across Queensland, resulting in multiple injuries ranging from moderate to serious. Incidents occurred in Proserpine, Gold Coast, Mount Cotton and…
On a date in September 2023, 17-year-old apprentice Tyler Whitton fatally fell from a construction site in West End, Brisbane, Queensland. The incident occurred after Tyler had been employed at the site…
RegulatorWorkSafe Tasmania
On Thursday, December 16, 2021, six children died and three were seriously injured when a jumping castle and inflatable balls became airborne during an end-of-year event at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport,…
In February 2023, a forklift operator was fatally injured at a building material supply workplace when struck by a recoiling chain during an unloading operation. The incident occurred while the operator was…
RegulatorSafeWork NSW
On Tuesday, 14 November 2023, a 20-year-old construction worker was fatally struck by falling reinforcement material at the John Hunter Hospital expansion site in Newcastle, New South Wales. The incident occurred at…
RegulatorSafeWork SA
In November 2020, an 18-year-old employee at Nippy's Waikerie Producers Pty Ltd suffered a severe scalp injury when her hair became entangled in an unguarded sprocket and drive-chain system at the company's…
RegulatorWorkSafe WA
On Tuesday, 14 November 2023, a chemical spill at Alcoa's Pinjarra refinery in Western Australia resulted in five workers requiring medical attention. Two of the injured workers were hospitalized with chemical burns…
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