A Perth-based drilling contractor has been fined $750,000 over the death of an employee in 2006. Bradley Alford, 21, was killed when the truck he was driving rolled onto him at Clonbinane, north of Melbourne. Read Full Article
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National Broadband Network Safety Concerns
Friday, April 23, 2010
Network activity across the state was stopped for about two weeks in March. This stoppage is due to fears over the Federal Government's National Broadband Network has been hit with safety problems, with construction suspended in Tasmania after a worker received an electric shock. Read Full Article
Construction Worker Catapulted from Crane
Friday, April 23, 2010
A man is lucky to be alive after he was catapulted out of the cabin of a crane on a Melbourne construction site. The man was working on a shopping complex in Springvale when a counterbalance fell off the crane and was left dangling by his safety harness 40 metres above the ground. Read Full Article
Mine Safety Levy Proposed in Western Australia
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The mining industry will soon start paying millions of dollars a year to fund what the State Government says is a tougher, more effective safety regulatory regime. Read Full Article
Drilling Company Pleads Guilty - High Pressure Hose Death
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court heard basic safety procedures were not adhered to. Australian Goldfields' company, Redmond Drilling, will be sentenced next month over the death of a worker three years ago. Read Full Article
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