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  • May 12, 2012 at 12:53 pm, by

    NSW: Crackdown on Dangerous Trucks

    ACT Police and road authorities have this week conducted a crackdown on truck drivers in the territory, as part of a month-long blitz to stamp out drink driving, fatigue, speeding, and unsound mechanical practices in the industry. Vehicle inspectors were pulling over trucks along the Monaro Highway, testing drivers for alcohol and drugs, and checking Continue Reading

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  • May 11, 2012 at 12:47 pm, by

    Alleged assault to bus driver sparks potential school ban

    Bus drivers have threatened to ban students from a Gold Coast High School, after a student allegedly assaulted a driver on Wednesday. According to Yahoo News, the bus driver stopped to collect more children and asked some students to make space for more passengers when he was suddenly punched in the face. The Education Department Continue Reading

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  • May 10, 2012 at 12:56 pm, by

    Cth: Engineering Company Fined for Failure to Install Guard Railings

    The Industrial Relations Court  has fined an engineering company $ 187,500 for a workplace accident in May 2009 that left a man partially paralysed. The company was fined for failing to install guard railings around a machine that prepared asphalt. The court found there were also limited safety protocols regarding the cleaning of the machine, the Continue Reading

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  • May 9, 2012 at 12:42 pm, by

    Scaffolding company fined after worker sustained fall injuries

    A scaffolding company has been fined $ 22,000 over an incident in which a worker was injured when he fell through an insufficiently protected void on a construction site. The company pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment causing serious injuries to the worker. The scaffolding company was fined in the Perth Continue Reading

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  • May 8, 2012 at 12:56 pm, by

    Company fined after worker was paralysed

    An engineering company was fined $ 187,500 and ordered to pay $ 1000 in costs and levies after a worker was partially paralysed in a workplace accident. According to the Adelaide Now, the Industrial Relations Court fined the engineering company for its failure in implementing guard railings around a machine used in the preparation of Continue Reading

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