Category: Safety

A road worker collecting signage in the emergency lane has been struck by a ute on the M1 at Berowra (NSW) this morning. The incident occurred at around 3am when...

September has delivered a spate of workplace incidents across the country with a combination of falls, material strikes and machinery incidents resulting in serious injuries and death. On Wednesday a...

A worker aged in his 30’s has died today after falling up to seven stories into a void on a site in Western Sydney. The site is located between Jubilee...

Worksafe is reporting a fatal fall from a ladder on Monday morning in North East Victoria. The worker, aged in his 60’s, fell from the ladder whilst installing skylights. This...

As the cold and rain sets in, Worksafe Victoria has released a timely reminder of the hazards wet weather can bring to construction sites. Along with slippery surfaces and flood mitigation, site inspections should also identify risks such as waterlogged ground that could pose a hazard to mobile plant.

A footbridge between Westralia Square and the Alluvion building collapsed on Monday afternoon. Luckily, cracks were noticed in the morning and the structure was blocked to pedestrians before the busy...

A man has been crushed to death by a portable building that fell on him at an industrial site near Newcastle.

The incident took pl