A worker at Alcoa’s Pinjarra refinery suffered severe burns from an accident involving caustic soda yesterday.
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Crush injury from unguarded machine results fines totalling $35K
A Melbourne forging company and a sub-contractor have received fines totalling $35,000 after a worker had his thumb crushed in an unguarded machine.
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Amputee loses workers comp appeal
A Tasmanian man who had his leg amputated in a brick factory accident has lost a court appeal for workers compensation.
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Injured workers responsible for 74% of over $60b cost of workplace illness, injury
Injured workers were responsible for 74 percent of the $60.6 billion that workplace injury and illness cost Australians in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, a study has found.
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Explosives factory death fines reduced
The South Australian Industrial Court has slashed the fines against those charged over an explosives factory blast which killed three workers.
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