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Media release
$5m medical research grant for dust lung disease
The Queensland Government is continuing its nation-leading response for workers with occupational dust lung disease, particularly those with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) and silicosis, by offering a $5 million medical research grant over four years from 2021 to 2023.
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Media release
Disgraceful disregard for safety in asbestos work safety fine
A house painter’s failure to protect his workers and the public from asbestos has been labelled disgraceful by a Brisbane magistrate.
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Media release
Company fined $50,000 after young worker’s hand caught in Hippo mixer
A Brisbane and Gold Coast flooring company has been fined $50,000 over a workplace safety incident in which a young labourer suffered serious injuries when his hand became caught in a portable mixer.
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Media release
Employer fined $5000 for not reporting workplace injury
A transport company has been fined $5000 for not reporting a serious workplace injury after an incident in which a worker was hospitalised for a week.
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News article
Qld’s labour hire scheme stamps out rogues
On the third anniversary of Queensland’s nation-leading labour hire licensing laws, the state’s Industrial Relations Minister has once again called for national action to protect workers.
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Ministerial media release
Time to colour-in for farm safety
Queensland primary school students are being asked to crack out the colouring pencils again to help save lives on farms.
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Media release
Dismounting from moving tractor causes death at North Queensland farm
A North Queensland produce company was fined $150,000 in the Bowen Magistrates Court for a 2019 incident that resulted in the death of a 37-year-old worker who was crushed when he dismounted from a moving tractor.
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Media release
Company and director both fined for putting public at risk
A flooring business has been fined $35,000 and its director given a 12-month court ordered undertaking after it was found the company had failed to follow its own Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) for a building project, putting public health at risk.
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Media release
Roofing product manufacturer fined $135,000 after death of innocent bystander
At a recent hearing in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court, a roof product manufacturing company was fined for its part in an incident which saw a man killed almost two years ago.