A fencing contractor has been sentenced and fined $25,000 in the Mount Isa Magistrates Court for breaches relating to duty of care after an incident in 2017 when one of his young workers had three fingers badly crushed by a hydraulic post driver. (more…)
Fatality of truck driver crushed between fence and truck
A 56-year-old driver in Victoria died after he was crushed between a fence and a garbage truck. (more…)
Two people electrocuted on Queensland rural property
In December 2018, a mother and her daughter were electrocuted on a rural property after contacting a length of electric fencing type wire that was energised. The electric fencing wire was run from the bull bar of a truck to a tree stump on the property. (more…)
Gate warning after spate of injuries in WA
WA businesses are being urged to ensure their security doors and access gates are included in their inspection programs after a recent incident involving a metal sliding gate falling caused serious crush injuries to a worker in Perth. (more…)
Child injured in gate housing incident
A child in New Zealand became trapped in an automated gate as it opened to let a car through, causing injuries consistent with crushing. The gate stalled and jammed when it came into contact with the child. (more…)
Gate collapse in North Terrace, Adelaide
Two women were seriously injured while walking past a construction site on North Terrace in Adelaide in 2016 after a temporary construction gate came out of its restraints and fell onto the public footpath. (more…)
Prosecution after gate falls on member of the public
Details of a prosecution on the 19th of August 2015 in the Maryborough Magistrates Court after a member of the public sustained injuries when a gate fell on her. (more…)
Fence contributes to Queensland death
A Queensland coronial finding dated 26 September 2014 examined the death of a farm worker who crashed a quad bike into a fence, causing the vehicle to overturn. (more…)
School fence fatality highlights need for safer fence design
Media reports have described the death of an adult male in Cranbourne North, Victoria, after he became trapped between vertical steel bars while apparently attempting to climb a school fence. (more…)
Fatal quad bike collision with fence
A farm worker has died after a quad bike collided with a farm fence or gate near Miling in Western Australia. (more…)