SINCE 2018, two fatalities have occurred in the Western District due to work-related falls and 134 claims were made by workers seriously injured after falling, according to WorkSafe data captured for Corangamite, Glenelg, Moyne, Southern Grampians, and Warrnambool Local Government Areas.

WorkSafe reported last week that three people had already died in Victoria this year after work-related falls with construction work posing the greatest risk.