Dreamworld fined $3.6m
Dreamworld’s parent company has been fined $3.6 million after pleading guilty to safety charges over the Thunder River Rapids ride tragedy that killed four people.
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Fines & Breaches
Paper mill fined $1 million after deaths of two workers
A former paper mill operator has been fined more than $1 million following the deaths of two employees at the site.
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$80k fine after a workplace accident
A Lilydale food company has been fined $80,000 after a horrific a 500kg corn milling machine fell on to a worker, leaving them with “life-changing” injuries including a punctured lung and fractured ribs, leg, ankle and lower back.
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Companies fined for trying to unlawfully profit from Covid crisis
Australia’s health regulator has fined dozens of companies more than $800,000 for unlawfully advertising or illegally importing health products to profit from the pandemic.
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Business fined after worker suffers hand injury
A manufacturing company has been fined $165,000 after a worker’s hand was partially severed when it was caught in a press.
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Company fined over workplace death
A residential construction company has been fined $850,000 following the death of a tradesman who fell from a building site in Kalkallo.
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Dismissing a long-term employee for a safety breach
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of an employee with 30 years’ service and a satisfactory safety record after the employee breached a key safety protocol in which he had received adequate training.
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SKM Recycling fined $115k following worksite accidents
A maintenance worker was dragged up a conveyor belt in a horrific worksite accident at SKM Recycling’s Laverton North site. Now the embattled recycler has faced court for that and another grisly workplace incident.
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WorkSafe must investigate those who caused ‘hotel quarantine fiasco’
Victorian Liberal MP Nick Wakeling says if negligence and mismanagement can be tied to the death of a person then prosecutions will be open against those responsible for Victoria’s hotel quarantine bungle.
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Qld business owner charged over death
A Queensland business owner has been charged with industrial manslaughter over the death of a worker last year.
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Cafe pleads guilty after worker is burnt
The former management and director of the Royal Copenhagen cafe at Brighton SA have pleaded guilty to work safety breaches after a worker was severely burned in 2018.
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WA company prosecuted for fatigue breaches
The depot manager of a Western Australian transport company was convicted in South Australia under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) for critical breaches of fatigue regulations according to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR).
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A mining contractor fined over bee sting death
Indus Mining Services has been fined $60,000 over the death of a contractor who suffered a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting.
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Asbestos removalist gets suspended jail sentence
A South Australian waste removalist convicted of assaulting two environment protection officers has been given a suspended sentence, but his company has been fined $49,000 for illegally storing more than 17 tonnes of asbestos.
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Employers mandated to report COVID-19 cases
As at 28 July 2020, employers are required to notify WorkSafe of any confirmed COVID-19 cases within their workplace. They must do so within 48 hours of becoming aware of a confirmed diagnosis.
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