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$160k penalty for Tennant Creek business and director over fire station electrocution
Tennant Creek electrical services company Ridem Pty Ltd (trading as Dexter Barnes Electrical) and company director Russell O’Donnell, have been handed a combined penalty of more than $160,000 after pleading guilty to charges relating to the death of a fourth year apprentice electrician.
Safety alerts issued for the cattle and construction industries
NT WorkSafe has issued two new safety alerts after recent incidents in the cattle industry and the construction industry.
Charges laid over fatal helicopter crash
NT WorkSafe has charged two company directors with Queensland-based Hewitt Cattle Australia Pty Ltd’s (Hewitt Cattle Australia) over a helicopter crash in Central Australia, which killed one worker and seriously injured another.
Safety alert issued after two barbeque gas explosions
NT WorkSafe has issued a safety alert to anyone who has built-in gas barbeques at their premises.
Bus Company commits $660k to improve safety
NT WorkSafe has accepted a $660k enforceable undertaking from Buslink NT Pty Ltd over the tragic death of a bus driver, who was fatally injured as a result of a bus rollaway incident in 2017.
Work health and safety statistics highlight areas of focus
Key work health and safety statistics for the Northern Territory have been published as part of National Safe Work Month. One of the national sub-themes for this year’s event is ‘using data to make your workplace safe’.
Get your workplace involved in National Safe Work Month
Registrations are now open for the Northern Territory’s National Safe Work Month events. Held annually in October, National Safe Work Month is a time for employers and workers to focus on and review their work health and safety practices, and commit to improving health and safety in the workplace.
Cattle Company pleads guilty to failures that led to serious injuries
The owners of Ambalindum Station in Central Australia have been convicted and fined $30,000 over a 2018 incident in which two workers were seriously injured after a man cage they were in detached and fell from a telehandler as they were being lifted.
Worker guilty of hindering WorkSafe investigation
The Alice Springs Local Court has convicted and fined a worker $4,000 for hindering a NT WorkSafe investigation into a serious incident at Ambalindum Station in Central Australia.
Statement on Katherine Fatality
NT WorkSafe has commenced an investigation after receiving notification that a 37-year-old male worker has died after falling from the tracks of an excavator.