First charges under new work health and safety laws
WorkSafe has initiated the first four prosecutions under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020, which came into effect in March 2022.
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Fines & Breaches
Worker convicted over $75,000 fake documents swindle
A machinery operator who falsified documents to continue claiming workers compensation has been convicted, placed on a Community Corrections Order and ordered to repay $75,014.
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Scott’s Logistics Slapped with $800K Fine After Fatal Accident
Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics Pty Ltd (SRL) was convicted and fined $800,000 following an incident on 6 July 2021.
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Employer or contractor: Court determines liability in workplace accident
The District Court of New South Wales recently dealt with a case involving a worker who suffered serious injuries after being struck by a crane load at a construction site.
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Heavy fine for a poor psychosocial workplace
A $380,000 fine for Court Services Victoria demonstrates the consequences for employers who do not take steps to ensure their workplaces are conducive to the mental health of employees.
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Packaging company fined after worker sustains crush injuries in workplace incident
Visy Board Pty Limited (Visy) has been fined $375,000 in the NSW District Court after an employee sustained crush injuries to his left ankle following a workplace incident where the ruling found the risk of injury was “patently obvious”.
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Director charged after driving ute with teen in toolbox
WorkSafe has charged a company director for driving a ute in Victoria’s high country with a teenage apprentice in a toolbox
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Company fronts court after worker suffers fatal injuries
A worker fractured his skull, lost about two litres of blood, went into cardiac arrest and died during a horrific workplace accident in Dandenong South.
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$40,000 fine after worker’s arm caught in shredder
A scrap metal recycler in Tottenham has been fined $40,000 after a contractor’s arm was caught in a machine which had the guarding removed.
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Company Fined $40,000 After Worker Trapped Under Gate
Build Tech Hoardings Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 3 April after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to ensure persons other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.
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Company fined $150k for Crestmead exploding tyre accident
A construction company has been fined $150,000 after a tyre exploded on site in Logan, badly injuring a worker.
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‘No evidence’ worker killed in horror crush accident given safety training
A Youngtown man killed in a horrific waste compactor accident nearly a decade ago was not given safety guidelines or instructions on critical safety aspects of his job, a coroner has found.
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Man loses legs in ‘horrific’ workplace accident
The truck driver also suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was crushed by 12m-long steel beams.
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Pot scrubber fails in repetitive injury claim in Mackay District Court
This case serves as an important reminder that employers should appropriately address identified risks to ensure they are not breaching their duty of care to employees. However, a worker’s claim does not necessarily succeed just because they can demonstrate a breach of duty or care by an employer.
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Timber business faces court after workplace accident
A Port of Brisbane timber company has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after a “devastating” workplace accident that put an employee in hospital for 40 days.
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