Manager charged after fatal factory fire
WorkSafe has charged the general manager of a chemical manufacturing company after a worker died at a Derrimut factory in October 2023.
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Continued Focus on Psychosocial Hazard Identification
Exposure to uncontrolled psychosocial hazards can lead to significant psychological harm, potentially resulting in conditions such as anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Company fined $105,000 after falls from heights risk
Dukes Painting Services Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $105,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
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Company and director fined $1.43 million after fatigued driver’s fatal crash
A Keysborough warehousing and logistics company and its sole director have been convicted and fined a total of $1.43 million following the fatigue-related death of a delivery driver.
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WHS prosecutions rise with $164 million in penalties since 2020
There have been $164.22 million in financial penalties issued for 1373 WHS prosecutions from 2020 to 2024, according to Safe Work Australia data.
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Video company and director fined $55,000 over harassment risk
A Port Melbourne video production company and director have been fined a total of $55,000 for placing workers at risk of sexual harassment.
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Company fined after worker mows down colleague
An asphalt company has been fined $80,000 after an employee died when he was run over by a colleague driving a skid steer loader at the workplace, after hours.
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Charges stack up for ignoring falls risks
WorkSafe has charged dozens of businesses for breaching working at height safety standards in the first half of 2025, as the crackdown to prevent disastrous falls continues.
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Company fined after teenage apprentice catches fire
A metal fabrication company has been fined $30,000 after a 17-year-old apprentice suffered horrific burns when his clothes caught fire while welding at a Kyabram factory.
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NSW WHS Codes of Practice now legally binding on PCBUs
Recent changes to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) now make NSW Codes of Practice (Codes) legally binding, requiring a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to take steps to be compliant with the Codes, or otherwise become open to penalties for breaching health and safety duties.
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John Holland contractor convicted in First WHS Prosecution of 2025
The New South Wales District Court has handed down its first Work Health and Safety (WHS) prosecution of 2025, convicting Silver Raven Pty Ltd and imposing a $180,000 fine following an incident that left a worker with serious injuries.
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SafeWork NSW – Now an Independent Regulator
Effective 1 July 2025, SafeWork NSW transitioned into an independent statutory regulator under the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Standalone Regulator) Act 2025.
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Industrial Court delivers first WHS sentencing decision with key guidance on mitigation
The recently reconstituted Industrial Court of New South Wales has delivered its first sentencing decision in a work health and safety (WHS) prosecution, with Justice Paingakulam handing down judgment in SafeWork NSW v Hibernian Contracting Pty Ltd [2025] NSWIC 4.
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Dubbo Pet Food Firm Fined $1.375M for Acid Spill Safety
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has agreed to a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking (EU) from Australian Pet Brands (APB), requiring more than $1.375 million in safety and equipment upgrades after a serious phosphoric acid spill at its Dubbo site in August 2023.
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WHS prosecutions
Safe Work Australia has updated the WHS prosecutions dashboard to reflect the latest publicly available data from 2024. We have also enhanced the dashboard functionality by adding the ability to filter the data by industry.
