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Gunns directors seek legal costs

December 2, 2008 12:20:00

The directors of timber company Gunns have applied for Workplace Standards to pay their legal costs after charges against them relating to a workplace accident were dismissed.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, courts-and-trials, tas

Investigation continues into fatal Broome explosion

December 2, 2008 09:37:00

An investigation is set to resume today into an industrial explosion which killed two men in Broome.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, workplace-accidents, wa, broome-6725, karratha-6714

Authorities continue probe into workplace fatality

December 2, 2008 08:36:00

Investigations will continue today into an industrial accident that killed a 25yo man in Brisbane's south.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, australia, qld, brisbane-4000

Govt defends workplace laws

December 2, 2008 08:15:00

The Tasmanian Government says there should be no political interference in the legal operation of the Workplace Health and Safety Act.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, states-and-territories, courts-and-trials, tas

ETSA to assess risk after chopper death

December 1, 2008 21:27:00

Utilities company ETSA says it is not yet clear how the death of a power line maintenance worker will affect its operations in the future.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, sa, murray-bridge-5253

Busway worker killed after legs crushed

December 1, 2008 18:05:00

Police say a man who was critically injured in a workplace accident in Brisbane has died in hospital.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, qld, brisbane-4000, woolloongabba-4102

WorkCover defends claims appointment

December 1, 2008 17:41:00

The chairman of the WorkCover board has told a state parliamentary inquiry there was nothing improper about appointment of its claims manager. [MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, state-parliament, states-and-territories, occupational-health-and-safety, work, sa, adelaide-5000

Gray angry over workplace charges

December 1, 2008 15:00:00

Gunns director Robin Gray has lashed out after the dismissal of workplace safety charges.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, courts-and-trials, tas

Charges against Gunns directors dismissed

December 1, 2008 12:01:00

Workplace charges against the directors of Tasmanian timber company Gunns have been dismissed.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, courts-and-trials, tas

Guilty plea over workplace accident

December 1, 2008 11:13:00

Tasmanian timber company Gunns has pleaded guilty to charges of failing to maintain a plant in a safe condition.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, courts-and-trials, tas

Faulty pin dismissed as cause of cherry picker accident

November 28, 2008 09:15:00

A Canberra man who became a paraplegic after falling eight metres from a cherry picker may be one step closer to finding out what caused the accident that led to his injuries.[MORE]

Tags: accidents, workplace-accidents, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, act, canberra-2600

Worker dies on Perth construction site

November 27, 2008 13:47:00

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 39-year-old man on a construction site in the Perth suburb of Beechboro.[MORE]

Tags: building-and-construction, housing, death, accidents, workplace-accidents, wa, beechboro-6063

Ship worker dies in suspected ladder fall

November 27, 2008 09:03:00

A man has died while working on a merchant ship moored at the Port of Townsville in north Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: maritime-accidents, workplace-accidents, townsville-4810

Two mine workers hurt in explosion

November 27, 2008 08:11:00

Two men are being treated for flash burns after an explosion at BHP Billiton's coal mine in Sydney's south-west yesterday afternoon.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, nsw, appin-2560, bellambi-2518, campbelltown-2560, helensburgh-2508, liverpool-2170, wollongong-2500

Electrical explosion injures two

November 26, 2008 18:21:00

The New South Wales ambulance service says two people have been injured in an explosion at an industrial site on Sydney's south-western outskirts.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, campbelltown-2560

Award recognises Mt Kembla mine exhibit work

November 26, 2008 12:21:00

Volunteers from the Mount Kembla Heritage Centre have won a Heritage Council Award for their work.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, awards-and-prizes, volunteers, mount-kembla-2526, wollongong-2500

Mine workers' uranium exposure not dangerous: WorkSafe

November 21, 2008 19:48:00

NT WorkSafe says it does not expect to see any negative health outcomes as a result of uranium contamination.[MORE]

Tags: mining, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, health, safety, nt, jabiru-0886

Man dies in outback mining mishap

November 20, 2008 17:24:00

A man has died in a mining accident near Coober Pedy in outback South Australia.[MORE]

Tags: accidents, workplace-accidents, emergency-incidents, work, sa, coober-pedy-5723, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540, whyalla-5600

32 rescued from collapsed Chinese mine

November 18, 2008 16:17:00

Rescuers in central China have saved 32 out of 34 miners who had been trapped by an underground flood, but there is now little hope of finding 14 people missing in a subway tunnel collapse, state media said.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, emergency-incidents, china

Researchers fear mine accidents unreported

November 17, 2008 19:13:00

SA researchers say they suspect that many mine accidents are going unreported.[MORE]

Tags: mining, workplace-accidents, medical-research, occupational-health-and-safety, research, australia, nsw, sa, adelaide-5000

Man injured in farming accident

November 17, 2008 12:30:00

A man has been seriously injured in a quad bike accident in the Wheatbelt.[MORE]

Tags: road-accidents, workplace-accidents, wa, geraldton-6530, miling-6575

Worker dies in Macksville mishap

November 17, 2008 09:15:00

A man was killed in an industrial accident at Macksville on Saturday morning.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, work, coffs-harbour-2450, macksville-2447

Mine explosions kill at least 12 in Romania

November 17, 2008 06:32:00

Authorities in Romania say at least 12 miners have been killed in two explosions in a coal mine in the south-west of the country.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, emergency-incidents, romania

Romanian miners killed in gas explosions

November 16, 2008 08:01:00

Twelve miners were killed and about 10 injured after two gas explosions at a mine in south-western Romania, in one of the worst such accidents in recent years, officials said.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, romania

Work to resume on floor collapse site

November 13, 2008 18:11:00

Work is about to resume on a Canberra building site which was closed last month after a floor collapsed.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, act, canberra-2600