A Northern Territory worker has received serious crush injuries that required surgery in the final days of 2022. (more…)
Qld worker fatally trapped between vehicle and gate
In May 2022, a station hand was trapped between the vehicle he’d been driving and an access gate, according to WorkSafe Qld. (more…)
Company pleads guilty to safety breaches involving pneumatic slide-gate
A company has pleaded guilty in the South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET) for breaches of section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA). (more…)
Fencing contractor fined $25,000
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)