Company and director fined $466,000
Valley Sweep and its director Anton Zakic pleaded guilty in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court to a single charge each under the Occupational Health and Safety Act of failing to provide and maintain safe plant.
Driving
WA company prosecuted for fatigue breaches
The depot manager of a Western Australian transport company was convicted in South Australia under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) for critical breaches of fatigue regulations according to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR).
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Bayswater company cops heavy fine
A Bayswater company has been fined after an employee was left with “traumatic” injuries when gas cylinders in his ute blew up.
Alice Springs fuel company fined for truckie’s death
Indervon has pleaded guilty in the Alice Springs Local Court today for failing to provide adequate training, instruction and supervision, which lead to the death of one of its drivers.
Company cops heavy fine after worker breaks leg
A Penrith manufacturer has copped a heavy fine after a worker was seriously injured on the job.
Man dies while weed spraying
A man has died at Yea after his vehicle rolled down a hill while he was weed spraying.
Strapper killed when car hits horse
A strapper working for racehorse trainer Danny O’Brien’s stable has died after the horse he was riding was hit by a car south of Geelong this morning.
Wallan train pilot boarded train a few stops earlier
Sam Meintanis, the rail worker who was killed in last week’s fatal Wallan train derailment boarded the doomed locomotive just a few stops before tragedy struck, it has been revealed.
WorkSafe won’t investigate accident
A Tasman woman who was almost killed when a giant tree stump dropped onto her ute is stunned that WorkSafe is refusing to investigate.
Man critically injured at Reece Plumbing
A man has been critically injured after being crushed between a vehicle and a wall in Smithfield, Cairns.
Ride-on mower death
A Queensland woman has died after getting trapped underneath a ride-on lawn mower.
Firefighter dies in East Gippsland
The 69-year-old died while fighting fires in eastern Victoria.
The DELWP contractor was working in a vehicle which rolled down an embankment.
Man dies in workplace accident at Botany
A man has died in a workplace accident in Botany today.
Company faces multiple charges following death
The Northern Territory’s largest bus operator is facing a litany of charges over the death of a bus driver who died after falling into the path of her own tour bus.
