Prosecutions
Safe Work Australia has updated the WHS prosecutions dashboard to reflect the latest publicly available data from 2023.
2024
Café owner liable for employee’s food poisoning
An employee who contracted salmonella poisoning while working as a kitchen hand at a café has successfully recovered damages against her employer (the owner of the café), but damages were limited in light of the employee’s activities following the illness.
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Dunny Do’s and Don’ts
SafeWork NSW has sought to remind employers that they must provide clean and safe toilet facilities for all staff onsite in accordance with clause 41 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (NSW).
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Apprentice hung from noose, had drill poked in groin
An apprentice was hung from a noose and poked with a drill in his groin as part of prolonged bullying at work, with his employer fined $10,000 over the abuse.
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Bus company sentenced over mechanics’ deaths
A Queensland bus company boss has expressed his remorse for failing in his workplace health and safety obligations to two young mechanics killed in a traffic crash on the Sunshine Coast.
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Can an Employee Refuse to Participate in Health Monitoring in Australia?
Over the past few years, there has been growing concern and awareness over exposure to silica dust, causing silica-related diseases such as silicosis.
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Worker paralysed after horror fall
A worker left paralysed after falling headfirst into a concrete water tank needed a colleague to hold his head above water while he was rescued, a court has been told.
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Smallgoods company fined
Queensland’s biggest locally-owned smallgoods company, based in Ormeau, has been fined $70,000 by a Logan court after a teen employee seriously injured his hand in a sausage-making machine.
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Forklift accident
A man in his 30s has been taken to hospital after being involved in a forklift incident at Godfrey Hirst in Breakwater.
Liability for injuries caused by emptying bins to contractor – where’s the sting?
A labour hire employee who sustained injuries while emptying bins after falling following a wasp sting successfully recovered damages against his employer and labour hirer, but damages for economic loss were reduced due to inconsistent work history.
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Souvlaki restaurant fined $75,000
A Greek takeaway restaurant has been fined $75,000 after a 22-year-old worker’s ponytail was caught in an unguarded rotisserie machine at a store in Melbourne’s northeast.
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Worker ‘almost unrecognisable’ after unsecured cable rack fell on head
A talented sportsman was left “almost unrecognisable” after an unsecured cable rack fell on his head at his workplace, resulting in numerous injuries including a broken skull.
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Man killed by scissor lift
Emergency services rushed to rescue the trapped man but he couldn’t be saved.
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Worker injured in cherry picker
A worker trimming trees has been injured after the cherry picker he was in toppled over in Perth’s northern suburbs.
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$50,000 fine after fatal boom pump failure
A Balwyn North concrete pumping company has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a concrete boom pump snapped and fatally struck a worker.
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