2024

Are you liable for labour hire workers if they are injured?

Leave a Comment / September 19, 2024 / Laws

Many employers (host employers) engage employees of labour hire companies, particularly in the building and construction, hospitality and manufacturing industries. provide flexibility, reduced admin responsibilities, and increased access to diverse and skilled workers. However, what happens when one of these employees gets injured at the host employer’s work site? Who is liable for the injuries?

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Man loses part of finger in workplace accident

Leave a Comment / September 17, 2024 / Fines & Breaches, Injury, Machinery

The worker was unblocking an extractor vent when his hand was cut by a blade.

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Business fatality case sets precedent

Leave a Comment / September 15, 2024 / Death, Fines & Breaches, Heights, Laws

It is believed to be the first contested prosecution of its kind

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Melbourne man pursues legal action against employer after suffering severe burns in workplace accident

Leave a Comment / September 15, 2024 / Injury, Laws

A Melbourne man is taking legal action against his former workplace after he sustained second-degree burns when a gas-fuelled torch blew up in his face.

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Company Fined

Leave a Comment / September 5, 2024 / Death, Fines & Breaches

A Gippsland grain transporter has been convicted and fined $350,000 after a truck driver died when he fell almost four metres from the top of a trailer. D&A Martin Transport Pty Ltd ware sentenced in the Melbourne County Court after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide and maintain plant that was

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Dreamworld worker attacked by tiger

Leave a Comment / September 4, 2024 / High Risk Work, Injury

The incident at the Gold Coast park is a ‘sad reminder’ about the consequences of keeping dangerous animals captive for entertainment, animal advocates say. A Dreamworld worker who was mauled by a tiger has been identified as Melissa Reynolds as authorities investigate the shocking incident at the Gold Coast amusement park on Monday. The 47-year-old

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Fraudster convicted and ordered to pay $78,000

Leave a Comment / September 3, 2024 / Laws

A man who fraudulently claimed $68,502 in workers compensation while continuing to earn money through his car detailing business has been convicted and ordered to repay the amount. Amin Dreik, 50, was sentenced in the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 22 August after pleading guilty to a single charge of fraudulently obtaining payments. He was

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Worker tries to claim compensation for multiple psychological injuries at work

Leave a Comment / September 1, 2024 / Laws, Mental Health

The Supreme Court of Queensland recently dealt with a case involving a worker’s compensation claim for multiple psychiatric injuries stemming from a workplace accident. The decision highlighted issues surrounding the assessment and compensation of psychological injuries in the workplace. The case centred on a worker’s attempt to pursue damages for schizophrenia alongside previously accepted injuries

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Court orders $400,000 fine after a fatality at a sporting complex

Leave a Comment / August 29, 2024 / Death, Fines & Breaches

A Queensland company has been ordered to pay a $400,000 fine and a conviction recorded against them after the death of a voluntary ground official when a scaffold tower fell on him at a Mitchelton Sports complex on the 25th July 2021. The defendant, Mobile Scaffolds Queensland Pty Ltd, was charged with failing to comply

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Strata management company and owners corporation convicted over fatality

Leave a Comment / August 29, 2024 / Death, Fines & Breaches

For the first time, a strata management company and an owners’ corporation have been prosecuted together by SafeWork NSW over a fatality involving an industrial gate. The worker’s employer was also prosecuted. The three fines issued by the court total $750,000, plus costs. On 22 August in the District Court, the strata manager engaged by

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New state-wide safety campaign

Leave a Comment / August 26, 2024 / Laws, Safety, Training

The Queensland Government has launched a new safety campaign geared towards improving the state’s safety outcomes for industries including construction, manufacturing, health care, and social assistance. Everyone has a responsibility to provide a safe place of work; getting it wrong can have severe emotional, physical, mental, and financial impacts on workers and industry. In 2023,

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Melbourne Factory Fined $50K After Worker Seriously Injured

Leave a Comment / August 21, 2024 / Fines & Breaches, Injury

Introduction A man sustained severe injuries in a workplace accident at a factory in Melbourne’s west after being dragged into an unguarded machine. The incident highlights the critical importance of workplace safety and the consequences of neglecting proper safety measures. Safety Violations and Consequences Following the accident, WorkSafe Victoria conducted an investigation and found that

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Landmark Sentencing Puts NZ Safety Advisors On Notice

Leave a Comment / August 19, 2024 / Fines & Breaches, Laws

A traumatic brain injury suffered by a Taranaki worker has led to the first sentencing of a consultancy under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Safe Business Solutions (SBS) consultants gave paid health and safety advice to the employer of Grant Bowling, who was knocked unconscious by the bucket of an agricultural vehicle

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Serious Forklift Injury Costs Company $40,000

Leave a Comment / August 14, 2024 / Fines & Breaches, Injury

Robinson’s Unloading Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on Friday 2 August after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide and maintain a system of work that was safe and without risks to health. The company was, without conviction, placed on a 12-month Good Behaviour Bond and ordered to

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A company and site manager have been fined almost $400,000

Leave a Comment / August 13, 2024 / Fines & Breaches, Injury

This workplace safety failure could have been “so easily avoided” resulted in a young worker receiving significant injuries. When Metal Manufactures Pty Ltd moved its TLE Electrical outlet to a different premises in Belconnen over late 2021 and early 2022, employees set up three-metre tall racking and placed drums of cables on it weighing several

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