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.

Telehandlers pose a number of risks to operators and pedestrians. These include:

colliding or contacting people or objects such as other vehicles or plant and energised powerlines
overturning
objects falling on the operator
operator being ejected.

Read more here to learn more about the WHS risks and how to prevent them in the future.