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RURAL DANGER: Disturbing number of worksite incidents

A DISTURBING number of serious workplace incidents across the region have prompted safety advocates to push for better...

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14th Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

Chris Leamy lost his hand in a horrifying industrial accident on an mushroom farm in Ballandean last month. Picture: John Gass/AAP

Why tradies should learn first aid

Do you have all the certifications you need for first aid as a tradesman?

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03rd Aug. 2019 11:08 AM

Kingaroy Home Aids and First Aid Training offers a range of health and safety training for tradesmen.

Why Dreamworld's new Sky Voyager ride is sitting unused

It’s been billed as a game-changing new ride for struggling theme park Dreamworld — yet it has sat unused for more than...

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29th July 2019 4:07 PM

Failed appeal over sugar miller's death costs WHSQ thousands

THE Workplace Health and Safety ombudsman has been ordered to pay Wilmar Sugar legal fees over regarding the 2012 death of...

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29th May 2019 2:05 PM

Company faces up to $320,000 fine over electric shock

David Nolan was permanently injured when a 33,000 volt electric shock surged through him while working south of Mackay.

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25th May 2019 11:05 AM

A worker was permanently injured when a 33,000 volt electric shock surged through him while working south of Mackay in 2016.

Proserpine Mill death appeal decision handed down

John Erikson was killed in November 2012 at Proserpine Mill after he crossed a yellow line and stepped out in front of a...

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16th May 2019 5:05 AM

TRAGEDY: John Erikson was killed in November 2012 while working at Proserpine Mill.

Workplace Health and Safety reveal tractor tragedy findings

An 84-year-old man was killed at a Bowen property on Tuesday

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11th May 2019 9:05 AM

A man suffered fatal injuries after getting trapped under a tractor on a private property in Bowen.

Site manager threatened to hunt and kill safety inspector

A project manager who was on site when his friend was "mangled" by an excavator threatened the workplace health and safety...

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15th Dec. 2018 5:12 AM

A 43-year-old man became "mangled” in a three-tonne excavator at Riverstone Ct, Noosaville.

Hospital tank hearing stalls after expert's claims

An expert opinion has stalled a hearing into a hospital water tank fault with claims it could have collapsed sooner than it...

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07th Dec. 2018 5:12 AM

Water tank collapse at Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Kawana Way. The scene was described by witnesses as being like a tsunami. Photo: Che Chapman / Sunshine Coast Daily

Toowoomba company facing $1.5m fine after teen injured

A TOOWOOMBA construction company is facing a potential million dollar fine after a concreting apprentice was injured using...

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25th Sept. 2018 12:09 PM

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