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Coles Supermarket Receives $170,000 Fine and Pays Fees

April 29, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

Supermarket king Coles, received a fine of $170,000 and told to pay legal fees when a worker fell through a ceiling at a branch in Sydney half a decade ago. The worker scaled a guard rail in order to obtain promotional material stored on a suspended plasterboard ceiling in August 2007. The ceiling collapsed and she crashed over two metres to the ground which left her with cuts to her head, whiplash and bruises. Preliminary investigations revealed that Coles in fact knew the area was … [Read more...]

Co-Workers Gather To Remember Fallen Workers

April 28, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

Co-Workers came together to remember workplace deaths and address safety standards; A significant amount of workers rally in response to the number of construction industry deaths in Queensland. Thousands of workers in Queensland gathered the Roma Street Forum to remember their 15 colleagues, killed on duty. Unions claim that standards have slipped, at the fault of Queensland's workplace regulator. Bill Shorten, the Federal Employment and Workplace Relations minister, addressed the … [Read more...]

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Unions Want Tougher Consequences for Company Safety Oversights

April 27, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

Unions have requested tougher consequences after a company was fined slightly more than a mine worker’s annual salary for an occupational health and safety accident that resulted in the death of a man. John Holland received a fine of $242,000 by the Federal Court earlier this month for their breach of workplace safety laws by failing to protect staff from injury or death at a Pilbara mine. The company’s oversight caused a death at BHP Billiton’s Mt.Whaleback site. Wayne Moore died … [Read more...]

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Inadequate Amount Of Training Results in Crane Death

April 27, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

ACT Coroner’s Court has observed the graphic video of a Canberra truck driver who died when he was trampled by a crane. Geoffrey William Blackfella Gowan died on his birthday a few years ago while picking up large waste bins at Evatt shops. The footage showed Gowan receiving serious neck and chest injuries when the arm of the crane jammed him against the truck with his feet elevated off the ground. A police witness also showed footage to the court of a re-creation that reveals poor … [Read more...]

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OHS: Mechanic Apprentice Suffers Head Injuries

April 25, 2012 By Victor Leave a Comment

A mechanic from worth is being forced to shell out $3200 for a workplace accident that resulted in serious head injuries on a 16-year old. The mechanic, Paul Egerton has pleaded guilty for charges alleging that he failed to take reasonable care to avoid negatively affecting the safety and health of another individual. The injuries of the young occurred when a bus fell on top of him. Egerton was employed as a heavy duty mechanic for Path Transit when the incident happened. Despite the … [Read more...]

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