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.