A labour hire company has been convicted and fined a total of $415,000 after a fruit picker died following a fall from a moving trailer during his second shift with the company.
Labour hire company fined $415,000 after worker’s death Read More »
Victorian employers faced serious legal and financial consequences for putting workers at risk last year, with WorkSafe completing 119 successful health and safety prosecutions and enforceable undertakings.
Employers cop $13.3 million for safety breaches in 2024 Read More »
A prominent horseracing identity’s company has been charged with workplace health and safety breaches over a car crash that seriously injured five people and killed four horses.
Horse trainer’s company charged over deadly crash Read More »
Melbourne School And Travel Company Fined 300k Over Students Death
Total fines of $290,000 have been charged against a travel company and a school after a 16-year-old boy suffered fatal diabetes complications during a school trip to Vietnam in 2019.
Melbourne school and travel company fined $300k over student’s death Read More »
A worker has been convicted and placed on a six month good behaviour bond following the death of a colleague who was struck by a forklift load at a warehouse near Geelong.
Worker convicted after forklift death Read More »
A repair company has been convicted and fined $350,000 after a 59-year-old man was crushed by a falling 1.1 tonne gate in Dandenong South.
Gate repairer fined $350K over truckie’s death Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a Gippsland irrigation company after a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a telehandler at a Yarram dairy farm.
Charges after telehandler incident causes brain injury Read More »
Manufacturing company Cryoquip was recently sentenced after pleading guilty to two charges of failing to provide a safe workplace in the Dandenong Magistrates Court.
Worker’s ‘gruesome’ hand injury results in $50k fine for company Read More »
An industrial plastics manufacturer has been fined $40,000 after a worker suffered life-threatening crush injuries when his head was caught in machinery.
Manufacturer fined after worker’s head crushed Read More »
A Woorinen South fruit grower has been convicted and fined $750,000 after a fruit picker died following a fall from a moving trailer.
Fruit grower fined $750,000 after picker’s fall Read More »
A transport and logistics company has been convicted and fined $40,000 for repeatedly failing to address the risk of someone being struck or crushed by a forklift at its Laverton North branch.
Company forks out $40,000 for safety failures Read More »
A southern Adelaide electrical company has been fined $300,000 after a worker died when he became trapped in a pit.
Service pit death brings $300,000 fine Read More »
A Bassendean workshop fatality has cost an engineering firm more than half a million dollars due to inadequate safety checks resulting in a boom collapsing on a worker.
Engineering company fined $567K over workshop fatality Read More »
Two Adelaide companies have been fined a total of $108,000 after a labour hire worker was seriously injured when he fell 4.6m through a skylight.
Two companies convicted after labourer falls 4.6m, seriously injured Read More »
WorkSafe has charged an electrical contracting company and its sole director over alleged bullying,
sexual harassment and gendered violence directed at a female apprentice.
Charges over unacceptable behaviour towards apprentice Read More »
