The impact of workplace incidents and fatalities can be devastating to families, workplaces and communities. The following postings are intended to raise awareness of workplace hazards, fatal incidents and occupational health and safety resources to help prevent similar incidents from occurring.
The incidents and fatalities listed have occurred in regulated workplaces. Please note that at the time of publishing on this page, serious injuries and fatalities may still be under investigation and therefore no conclusions have been made as to root causes. These postings are developed with the intention of safeguarding the privacy of those involved and the integrity of accident investigations and possible legal proceedings.
Nature of injury: Bruises and contusions
Industry: Retail and wholesale
Job Type: Labourer
Date: September 30, 2016
Description: Worker was standing on a pallet raised by a forklift when he fell about 2.6 metres.
Nature of injury: Loss of consciousness
Industry: Transportation and warehousing
Job Type: Driver
Date: September 28, 2016
Description: A truck was unloading gravel on a five-degree slope when it flipped on the driver's side. The worker fractured seven ribs and punctured a lung.
Nature of injury: Crushing injury
Industry: Retail and wholesale
Job Type: Labourer
Date: September 22, 2016
Description: Worker's leg was crushed when he became pinned between an electric pallet jack and a bollard.
Nature of injury: Fracture(s)
Industry: Forestry
Job Type: Labourer
Date: September 21, 2016
Description: A worker fractured two ribs when he fell more than 1.5 metres from the top of mobile rolling scaffold being pulled by a skid stear, when the skid stear suddenly jerked.
Nature of injury: Fracture(s)
Industry: Fish processing
Job Type: Labourer
Date: September 19, 2016
Description: While accessing the back of a trailer, the worker slipped off a step ladder, fell more than a metre, and fractured his wrist.
Nature of injury: Avulsions
Industry: Food manufacturing
Job Type: Labourer
Date: September 16, 2016
Description: Worker's right hand became stuck in a conveyor belt, peeling the skin off the top of three fingers.
Nature of injury: Fracture(s)
Industry: Retail and wholesale
Job Type: Clerk
Date: August 31, 2016
Description: Worker entered the store's back room when an unsecured piece of granite fell on his foot, fracturing it in two places
Nature of injury: Amputation
Industry: Food manufacturing
Job Type: Heavy equipment operator
Date: August 25, 2016
Description: Worker was driving a forklift when it struck a piece of stationary equipment, amputating two fingers.
Nature of injury: Loss of consciousness
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Type: Painter
Date: August 25, 2016
Description: Worker was retrieving a pallet from under a chain conveyor when the hood on her painter suit became entangled in the conveyor's drift shaft.
Nature of injury: Fracture(s)
Industry: Construction
Job Type: Supervisor
Date: August 13, 2016
Description: After inspecting work on a roof, the worker was descending a ladder when the ladder slipped away from the building, resulting in a collapsed lung, broken ribs, dislocated fingers and a fractured skull.
