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Teacher dies after falling through skylight at Melbourne primary school

Paul Hogan fell more than three metres to concrete ground while collecting balls from roof of Spotswood school, WorkSafe Victoria says

The Guardian - AU

Concrete company fined $50,000 after worker's death

A concreting company has been sentenced after admitting it failed to provide a safe working environment for a man who was killed after being struck in the head.

AAP

From cleaner to crane driver in one easy crash

WorkSafe Victoria has reprimanded a steel engineering company after a cleaner filled in for a sick crane driver working on a job for the Spirit of Tasmania.

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Monash Health fined $160k over patient's death

Monash Health has been fined $160,000 in the Victorian County Court after it failed to ensure one of its mental health inpatients was not at risk of self-harm.

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Travel company and school charged after student's death

The death of a 16-year-old student on a school trip to Vietnam has resulted in WorkSafe laying charges against a travel company and his school.

AAP

Now-paraplegic painter climbed on roof 'to impress', supervisor says

The supervisor faced a criminal charge over a six metre fall.

The Canberra Times

Miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

A 21-year-old miner continues to fight for his life after a rockfall that killed his colleague, as safety authorities probe the tragedy.

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Afternoon Update: deadly mine collapse ‘should have been avoided’; iron lung patient dies; and Dutton’s radioactive rhetoric

WorkSafe have committed to ‘complex, detailed investigation’ into mine collapse

The Guardian - AU

Seven rescued from remote WA finally home – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

New Zealand Volcano Disaster Victims Win Damages

The victims and families affected by the 2019 New Zealand volcano disaster, which claimed 22 lives, were awarded total damages of NZ$10 million (US$6 million) on Friday.

International Business Times

Justice department charged after youth worker 'assault'

WorkSafe has charged Victoria's Department of Justice and Community Safety after a youth justice worker was allegedly assaulted at a Melbourne facility.

AAP

Matt Wright hit with fresh charges over fatal crash

Netflix star Matt Wright and his aviation company have been hit with a suite of new WorkSafe charges over a fatal chopper crash that killed his co-star.

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A Food Delivery Rider Was Killed, And No One Reported His Death For More Than 12 Months

The death of a food delivery rider went unreported for over a year, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) union says, amid cries that unfit employment laws are endangering workers.

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No 'silver bullet' to fix ailing WorkCover scheme

The union movement has blasted Labor's planned changes to WorkCover as businesses plead for a cap on rising premiums at an inquiry into a controversial bill.

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Boss slapped strung-up apprentice at Christmas party

Steven Yousif has admitted bullying two carpentry apprentices during a two-year period at his Melbourne business.

The Guardian - AU

Danger ahead: White Island volcano ruling could reshape adventure tourism in New Zealand

One expert says tougher regulations will have ‘enormous implications’ for the industry in a country that promotes itself as the adventure capital of the world

Newsroom.co.nz

WorkSafe issues notice to Auckland rail company

WorkSafe has issued Auckland One Rail an improvement notice after finding the known psychosocial risk to workers of viewing, experiencing, or hearing about on-track collisions was not being managed effectively

The Conversation

Whakaari/White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in NZ's tourism industry

An Auckland court has found Whakaari Management Limited (WML) guilty of breaching workplace safety laws relating to the Whakaari/White Island eruption in 2019. This decision could have implications for anyone involved in adventure tourism in New Zealand.

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Family's case over forest worker's death fails

A rare private health and safety prosecution over the death of a young Ngāti Porou forestry worker has been dismissed by the court.

The Guardian - AU

White Island volcano eruption: Whakaari Management found guilty of ‘astonishing’ safety failures

New Zealand judge Evangelos Thomas criticised failures of safety audits given ‘obvious risks’ that led to 2019 fatal eruption

AAP

Whakaari owners convicted on NZ volcano safety charge

Four years after an eruption killed 22 people on New Zealand's White Island, Whakaari Management Ltd has been convicted on a workplace safety charge.

AAP

Hospital cafes fined $300,000 over sexual harassment

A hospital cafe boss has been fined almost $300,000 after being convicted of failing to ensure a safe workplace related to reports of sexual harassment.

AAP

Worker killed as chemical explosion ignites factory

A 44-year-old man has died and WorkSafe is investigating after a chemical explosion led to a factory fire in Melbourne's west.

Pedestrian.tv

A 24 Y.O. Dad Was Killed In A Horrific Workplace Incident & His Employer Only Got Fined $350K

A family member said the timber mill "should have been closed down permanently".

AAP

Vic building regulator charged over inspector's death

The Victorian Building Authority failed to provide a safe workplace for an inspector before they took their own life, WorkSafe alleges.

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