Girl, 18, has arm crushed in salt factory machine
A young woman has been left with horrific injuries after her arm was crushed in a roller at work.
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Fines & Breaches
Company director fined
Elite Portables and PSH Holdings director Paul Jeffrey Hansen fined in Toowoomba Magistrates Court after worker was seriously injured
An employee of a Toowoomba business lost four toes in a workplace incident two years ago, with the company and its director copping a hefty fine after facing court.
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Large Fines for NSW Employers – Failure to comply with Work Health & Safety Act
In two separate cases, the NSW District Court has handed down large fines in fatality matters.
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WorkSafe takes a second bite of the cherry
WorkSafe announced it filed charges against the body corporate of St. Basil’s Age Care, over alleged breaches to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, following the deadly Covid outbreak at its Fawkner residential aged care facility in 2020. The charges are set to be heard in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court next Monday on August 1.
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Roofing company fined after worker’s death
Just 17 days after a labourer was electrocuted and another seriously burned, four other roof workers fell four metres onto concrete ground at a nearby Sydney site.
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Supreme Court favours employee in million-dollar lawsuit over ‘work-induced fatigue’
A recent New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court decision dealt with the issue of an employee who claimed damages after suffering severe injuries while traveling home from his workplace.
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Hamilton nursery fined $52,000 after employee injured
A Hamilton nursery has been fined $52,000 after a worker was seriously injured while using a machine.
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Timber firm fined $262k for fatal accident
A timber firm has been fined over $262,000 after the death of a worker in an accident at its sawmill in the NSW central west.
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Managing director fined after worker loses arm
The managing director of a recycling plant where a worker’s arm was torn off at the socket has been handed a $70,000 fine over the incident.
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Transport company fined $600k
A Melbourne manufacturer has been slugged with a $600,000 fine over the death of a young apprentice, who suffocated in a tanker just 10 days after starting a work placement.
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Business fined $50,000 after amputations
A cheese processing and packaging business in Victoria has been slapped with a $50,000 fine after two workers had fingers amputated while on the job.
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Two directors to face court charged with criminal negligence
Two directors of the company responsible for the care of Annie Smith have been charged with criminal neglect over her death in squalor – and been released on $20,000 bail agreements.
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Company fined $490,000 after milk tanker tragedy
The company was fined $300,000 for failing to provide a safe system of work and $150,000 for failing to provide information, instruction or training.
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Nursery fined after worker seriously injured in ‘gruesome’ incident
A Hamilton nursery has admitted it failed to provide a safe workplace after its worker became caught between a machine and a conveyer belt.
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Hand sanitiser injures worker
An Adelaide woman has won workers compensation because of a throat injury caused by the use of hand sanitiser at the school she worked at from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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