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Skid steer loader incidents
In April 2021, a worker was killed when he was struck by the skid steer loader he was operating. Early investigations indicate the skid steer loader was being used to repair a residential driveway and it struck the worker after he fell out of the machine.
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Workers struck by mobile plant
In January 2021, a worker on a private property was fatally injured when a telehandler ran over him. Early investigations show the telehandler was loading a crop-dusting plane with fertiliser at a private airstrip on the property when the operator reversed it over a worker.
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Forklift operator seriously injured by falling pallet
In February 2021, a warehouse facility worker was seriously injured when several pallets fell onto the forklift he was operating.
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Worker falls from forklift
In December 2020, a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell from a forklift. Early investigations indicate he was attempting to repair a jammed roller door. The man was working from a stillage container being used as a makeshift work box and had been lifted on the tines of a forklift. It appears that as the worker moved to one side of the crate it overbalanced causing him (and the crate) to fall almost 5 metres.
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Worker fatally injured attempting to jump start a tractor
In December 2020, a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell from a forklift. Early investigations indicate he was attempting to repair a jammed roller door. The man was working from a stillage container being used as a makeshift work box and had been lifted on the tines of a forklift. It appears that as the worker moved to one side of the crate it overbalanced causing him (and the crate) to fall almost 5 metres.
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Worker struck by moving truck
In November 2020, a worker was seriously injured when he was run over by a truck while clearing debris caught underneath it.
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Worker seriously injured falling from trailer
In August 2020, a truck driver suffered serious injuries falling from his trailer. Investigations are continuing.
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Worker’s arm crushed by excavator
In June 2020, a worker suffered crush injuries to his arms and hands after an excavator bucket collided with waste oil drums while he was preparing to attach lifting equipment.
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Serious injuries – falling hay bale
In December 2019, a worker suffered serious injury after falling approximately 5m through a roof whilst doing maintenance on a shed. In a similar incident in February 2020, a man died after falling through the roof of a building. Early investigations indicate he was repairing a skylight.
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Crush incidents when loading/unloading
In January, an interstate truck driver suffered multiple leg fractures when a stone slab fell off the back of a truck. It appears the stone was secured to an ‘A’ frame with straps. Early investigations indicate that when the driver removed the straps, the stone slabs toppled and struck him. In February, a truck driver suffered severe crush injuries when a pack of timber boards being delivered to a timber yard fell onto him. Early investigations indicate the pack of timber caught onto an adjacent one when being unloaded. It caused the strapping to snap and the timber fell onto the driver.
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Worker struck by building materials
In November 2019, a truck driver sustained serious lacerations to his leg when he was struck by building materials which had fallen off a pallet.