Farm injuries show safety must be taken seriously
Work on farms accounts for one in every five workplace deaths in NSW.
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Fines & Breaches
Company fine doubled to $3m for workplace manslaughter
The fine handed down to the first company prosecuted under Victoria’s workplace manslaughter laws has been more than doubled on appeal.
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Manager’s Harassment Costs Company $90K Fine
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.
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Metal finisher fined $340,000 after worker’s death
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.
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How failure to consult on workplace policy led to reinstatement of intoxicated worker
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.
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Timber company fined $385,000 over worker injury
Media release A timber processing company has been fined $385,000 (and ordered to pay $5976.70 in costs) after a worker was seriously injured in 2022.
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Workplace Tragedy Does Not Discriminate
While transport, construction and agriculture were the deadliest sectors in 2024, workplace fatalities were spread across more than half of all industries and involved dozens of occupations.
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Man convicted over $114,000 compensation fraud
A business manager has been convicted and placed on a Community Corrections Order after dishonestly claiming $114,952 in workers compensation payments while secretly working a full-time job.
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Demolition company fined $140,000 after excavator hits powerlines
An Adelaide demolition company has been convicted and fined more than $140,000 after its excavator brought down a 415 voltage overhead powerline, exposing the operator to risk of death or serious injury.
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Two companies fined $415,000 after fatal workplace accident
The death of a 70-year-old worker on his second shift in January 2022 has led to hundreds of thousands of fines against two companies for their work health and safety negligence.
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Labour hire company fined $415,000 after worker’s death
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.
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Employers cop $13.3 million for safety breaches in 2024
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.
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Horse trainer’s company charged over deadly crash
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.
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Melbourne school and travel company fined $300k over student’s death
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.
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Worker convicted after forklift death
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.
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