A Perth building company and its former director have been hit with significant fines after a fall at one of their sites left a worker with life-changing injuries.
Perth builder CASM Construction fined $750,000 after worker injured Read More »
Two related elevator companies have been convicted and fined a total of $930,000 after an apprentice electrician died while working for his father in West Melbourne.
$930,000 in fines after young apprentice electrocuted Read More »
A Queensland company has been fined $400,000 and slammed for not seeing the ‘obvious’ risks that led to the death of an apprentice in a horrific explosion.
A factory worker who stayed at home for six months after she “bumped” her knee, aggravating a prior injury, has been awarded thousands of dollars over a bullying investigation.
Injured worker stays home for six months – then gets $12k over bullying probe Read More »
Magistrate Webster of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania has acquitted a sole trader charged under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas) (the WHS Act) following the 2021 Hillcrest Primary School tragedy in which six children died and others were seriously injured while using a jumping castle during a school event.
Jumping castle operator acquitted by Tasmanian Magistrates Court Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a transport company and a commercial laundry operator after a driver died following a fall from a truck’s elevated tailgate at Dandenong South in June 2023.
Two companies charged after fatal tailgate fall Read More »
SafeWork SA is launching a series of industry-specific compliance campaigns after a rise in workplace deaths this financial year.
Compliance campaigns launched after rise in workplace fatalities Read More »
The Industrial Court of New South Wales has handed down its first Work Health and Safety sentencing judgment since the Court was reconstituted in July 2024.
NSW Industrial Court hands down first sentence Read More »
A concrete manufacturing company has been fined $580,000 (and ordered to pay $6180 in costs) after a worker was seriously injured at its Neerabup concrete batching plant.
Concrete manufacturer fined $580,000 over worker injury Read More »
SafeWork NSW is reminding workplaces of the importance of maintaining the highest levels of safety when operating mobile plant and moving vehicles after a fatal incident in Sydney.
SafeWork NSW issues warning on forklift safety Read More »
Work on farms accounts for one in every five workplace deaths in NSW.
Farm injuries show safety must be taken seriously Read More »
The fine handed down to the first company prosecuted under Victoria’s workplace manslaughter laws has been more than doubled on appeal.
Company fine doubled to $3m for workplace manslaughter Read More »
Oz 22 Painting Pty Ltd was sentenced ex parte in the Sunshine Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 11 March after being found guilty of a single charge of failing to provide a workplace that was safe and without risks to health.
Manager’s Harassment Costs Company $90K Fine Read More »
A metal galvanizing business has been convicted and fined $340,000 after a worker was fatally crushed when a suspended load fell from a crane at a Dandenong South factory.
Metal finisher fined $340,000 after worker’s death Read More »
The Fair Work Commission (Commission) has reinstated an employee after he was found to have breached a workplace Drug and Alcohol Policy (D&A Policy) in the recent decision Craig Hancock v Sydney International Container Terminals Pty Limited [2025] FWC 516. This case highlights the importance of consulting appropriately with your workforce around policy changes and choosing appropriate methods of communication.
How failure to consult on workplace policy led to reinstatement of intoxicated worker Read More »
