Service pit death brings $300,000 fine
A southern Adelaide electrical company has been fined $300,000 after a worker died when he became trapped in a pit.
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Fines & Breaches
Engineering company fined $567K over workshop fatality
A Bassendean workshop fatality has cost an engineering firm more than half a million dollars due to inadequate safety checks resulting in a boom collapsing on a worker.
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Two companies convicted after labourer falls 4.6m, seriously injured
Two Adelaide companies have been fined a total of $108,000 after a labour hire worker was seriously injured when he fell 4.6m through a skylight.
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Charges over unacceptable behaviour towards apprentice
WorkSafe has charged an electrical contracting company and its sole director over alleged bullying,
sexual harassment and gendered violence directed at a female apprentice.
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Employer fined after worker seriously injured by exploding tyre
K19 Mining Pty Ltd has been fined $350,000 plus costs of $4,568.70 after a worker suffered nerve damage and hearing loss when knocked unconscious by a road-train tyre that exploded while being reinflated.
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Council worker wins compensation claim while working from home
An Adelaide-based council worker has won a compensation claim on injuries she suffered in 2022 while working from home.
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Trench collapse leads to crushed leg
A South Australian construction and civil engineering company has been fined $75,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed when a trench collapsed at an Adelaide Hills building site.
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City Council ordered to pay $600,000 for an injured contractor
Townsville City Council has been ordered to pay almost $600,000 to a contractor left blind in one eye after an industrial accident.
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Major ride-share provider fined
Ride-share provider Didi has been fined a total of $97,000 for safety breaches in NSW.
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Melbourne noodle restaurant fined $40,000
The accident happened at a Bowltiful in May 2023 when a 31-year-old employee was mixing ingredients in a dough maker.
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Man loses part of finger in workplace accident
The worker was unblocking an extractor vent when his hand was cut by a blade.
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Business fatality case sets precedent
It is believed to be the first contested prosecution of its kind
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Company Fined
A Gippsland grain transporter has been convicted and fined $350,000 after a truck driver died when he fell almost four metres from the top of a trailer. D&A Martin Transport Pty Ltd ware sentenced in the Melbourne County Court after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide and maintain plant that was
Court orders $400,000 fine after a fatality at a sporting complex
A Queensland company has been ordered to pay a $400,000 fine and a conviction recorded against them after the death of a voluntary ground official when a scaffold tower fell on him at a Mitchelton Sports complex on the 25th July 2021. The defendant, Mobile Scaffolds Queensland Pty Ltd, was charged with failing to comply
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Strata management company and owners corporation convicted over fatality
For the first time, a strata management company and an owners’ corporation have been prosecuted together by SafeWork NSW over a fatality involving an industrial gate. The worker’s employer was also prosecuted. The three fines issued by the court total $750,000, plus costs. On 22 August in the District Court, the strata manager engaged by
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