Work injury and disease cost billions
Work-related injury and disease are estimated to cost workers, their employers and the community $61.8 billion annually. Read more »
Death rate falls
The work-related traumatic fatality rate has almost halved over the past seven years, but more needs to be done to reduce the number of deaths. Read more »
Pearling company fined
Paspaley Pearling Company Pty Ltd has been fined $60,000 and ordered to pay costs of $5,000 following the death of drift diver Jarrod Hampton. Read more »
Put paid to unpaid overtime
Working unpaid overtime has a bad effect on health, according to The Australia Institute (TAI). Read more »
Half a tonne of steel hits worker
A company has been fined after half a tonne of steel fell on a boilermaker’s foot. Read more »
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