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Worker burnt in gas explosion
In 2025, a worker suffered significant burns following a gas-related fire at a restaurant.
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Safety alert - Retaining wall collapse on construction site
This safety alert relates to a fatal incident involving the collapse of a concrete retaining wall.
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Multi-vehicle incident
In October 2025, an incident occurred on an unsealed road undergoing road works. It appears there were two mounds of dirt on opposite sides of the dirt road, approximately 200 metres apart, forcing traffic in both directions to drive on the incorrect side of the road when the collision occurred resulting in a head-on traffic crash.
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Fatality of rider in motorcycle tour group
In November 2025, a rider participant suffered a medical episode and passed away whilst riding as part of an organised motorcycle tour group. Investigations are ongoing into potential heat stress illness.
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Worker sustained crush injuries when forklift fell
In November 2025, a worker sustained crush injuries to the head when a forklift dropped off a jack stand. It appears the worker was conducting work underneath the forklift, supported by a trolley jack and jack stand. The worker was laying down working beneath the forklift when the forklift slid off the jack stand onto the worker.
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Safety Alert - Stockpile dozer rollover fatal incident
This safety alert relates to a fatal incident involving a bulldozer (dozer) rollover.
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Workers struck by forklifts in separate incidents
In August 2025, a worker suffered serious lower limb injuries after being struck by a forklift at a recycling yard. Initial investigations indicate the forklift operator had been using the forklift to weigh a bin of materials, when, for reasons yet to be established, the worker was struck. In a separate incident in November 2025, a worker was struck by a forklift at a distribution centre, resulting in serious leg injuries. Initial investigations indicate the worker was struck by the forklift in one of the distribution centre’s loading bays. Investigations into both incidents are continuing.
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Fatal cane rail incident
In October 2025, a locomotive driver's assistant was fatally struck by a moving rake of cane bins at a sugar mill yard during shunting operations. Initial investigations indicate he had left the locomotive to change a set of points during a shunting sequence and was struck by the moving bins a short time later.
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Workers in three separate incidents sustained injuries when trapped in fixed plant
In October 2025, a worker was seriously injured when they became entrapped in moving parts of a fixed piece of plant. It appears the worker became trapped when they were adjusting the height of the ‘bag chair’ platform attached to the machine after the machine had paused as the flour bag had not achieved net weight. In a separate incident in October 2025, a worker sustained serious injuries when they became entrapped in the rotating shaft of a fixed piece of plant during the cleaning process. The machine was part of a production line which manufactured stone benchtops. In an incident in June 2025, a young worker sustained a fracture injury and serious arterial damage when they came into contact with moving parts of fixed plant.
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Worker ejected from telehandler
In July 2025, a worker was operating a telehandler without load down a constructed but unsealed roadway that was on a decline.
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Worker burned in workshop fire
In September 2025, a worker suffered lower leg burns as a result of a fire at a tyre and mechanical repair workshop.
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Fatal incident involving fall from tilt tray truck
In April 2025, a person suffered fatal injuries after being thrown from the tray of a tilt tray truck.