A brick-making company has been fined $70,000 over an incident where a labour hire employee’s right arm and shoulder was torn from his body by a material conveyor machine.

Two companies have recently been fined for failing to provide edge protection on a building site, prompting a reminder from WorkSafe WA on the prevention of falls.

Mobile heavy machinery simulators that use world-first technology have been deployed in Abigroup’s new $6 million multipurpose construction training facility in the Gold Coast, recently opened by the Queensland Premier, the Honourable Anna Bligh.

The recently released WorkSafe Victoria financial report shows that the organisation has dramatically improved its financial position after the GFC.

The owner of a Broome resort was fined $60,000 over an incident in 2006 that left an employee permanently disabled.