When Hiroshi Mizuno last saw his son, the teenager’s eyes were filled with hope as he waved cheerfully before boarding a plane to Australia.
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A company has been fined after a brickie was crushed under a collapsing staircase in 2019, causing serious injuries.
Bricklaying company fined $600k over crushed worker Read More »
A gas cylinder supplier has been fined a total of $550,000 after a worker was left permanently disabled in a ute explosion in December 2017.
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An Adelaide asbestos removal company has been fined $150,000 after a worker fell to his death.
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EnergyAustralia has been fined $1.5 million after a veteran Yallourn power station employee suffered fatal burns in an electrical explosion.
EnergyAustralia fined $1.5 million after Yallourn power plant worker’s death Read More »
WorkSafe has charged two companies with multiple health and safety breaches following the death of an apprentice at West Melbourne.
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A roofing business and one of its supervisors have been fined a collective $55,000 after a worker was seriously injured falling through a roof onto a concrete floor.
Business, supervisor fined $55K after worker’s 7m rooftop fall Read More »
Fourteen of those companies were hit with six-figure penalties for breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act, with the total of all fines imposed by the courts $5,588,750.
More than 120 employers fined for safety breaches in 2022 Read More »
A carpentry company in Langwarrin has been convicted and fined $130,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice was injured twice in one day at a Glen Waverly construction site.
Company fined after nail penetrates teen’s skull Read More »
A Melbourne supermarket pizza supplier has been ordered to pay a former employee more than $53,000 after she was sexually harassed by a male colleague who stared at her breasts.
Pizza giant ordered to pay worker $53,000 after colleague stared at her breasts Read More »
A Queensland childcare worker who tripped on a Lego block and injured her ankle has been awarded almost $200,000.
Worker awarded almost $200k for tripping on block of Lego Read More »
A carpentry company in Langwarrin has been convicted and fined $130,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice was injured twice in one day at a Glen Waverly construction site.
$130,000 fine after nail penetrates teen’s skull Read More »
The Supreme Court of South Australia has recently upheld a decision of a lower court in deciding that waste management company, Cleanaway, failed to take reasonably practicable measures to materially reduce the risk of an accident on the South Eastern Freeway in Adelaide back in 2014 which killed two people and seriously injured two others.
Company fined $3 million for failing to properly assess competence of driver Read More »
A Melbourne carpentry business has been fined $130,000 after an apprentice suffered a horrific head injury at work.
$130,000 fine over horror carpentry injury Read More »
A stone importer has been convicted and fined $475,000 after a worker was fatally crushed at a Dingley Village warehouse in April 2020.
Stone importer fined $475,000 after worker’s death Read More »
