An adventure camp popular with school groups has been fined following a high wire incident that left a student “foaming at the mouth” and nearly took her life.
‘Foaming at the mouth’: Adventure business fined following high wire mishap Read More »
A Victor Harbor shed company has been fined $90,000 after a worker fell through a roof, sustaining serious injuries.
Shed company fined $90,000 after roof fall Read More »
A Perth couple has slammed the fines imposed on two companies and a night shift supervisor over the death of their son at an underground mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields region
Perth parents hit out at six-figure fines Read More »
Two well known Bendigo men, including an OAM and a Six Star Finisher, begged for mercy in court for their failing business after an employee’s hand was crushed in a grinder.
A NSW company has been fined $300,000 after a worker’s hand was amputated on just her second shift at a Sydney warehouse.
Company fined after woman’s hand amputated Read More »
In a recent ruling at the Melbourne County Court, Dennis Jones Engineering Pty Ltd, along with its sole director Dennis Jones, faced the court for their violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS).
Company faces record-breaking $2.1 million penalty over worker’s traumatic injury Read More »
A small business owner was found to have breached his duty of care to take precaution against a foreseeable risk of injury when a warehouse worker suffered an injury while forcefully using a pallet jack in the midst of time pressures.
Time pressure + no risk of assessment = injured worker Read More »
In 2019, an apprentice worker of a marine industrial engineering company, Aimex Ltd, suffered a hypoxic brain injury after being overcome by toxic fumes while cleaning the engine of a boat with brake cleaner.
The consequences of dishonesty Read More »
Boss slapped strung-up apprentice at work Christmas party
Boss slapped strung-up apprentice at work Christmas party Read More »
Dennis Jones Engineering and its director, Dennis Jones, have been slapped with one of the biggest fines in WorkSafe history today (November 9) in Melbourne’s County Court.
Huge fine for Company and director after workplace injury Read More »
A company that owns a vegetable farm and packing facility in Mandogalup has been fined $15,000 over an incident in which a worker’s arm was injured when it was trapped in a conveyor belt.
Vegetable business fined $15,000 after worker’s arm caught in conveyor Read More »
Portland Rusty Scrap Metal Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Warrnambool Magistrates’ Court last Friday after pleading guilty to one charge of failing to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that persons other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.
Scrapper fined $95,000 after customer’s leg severed Read More »
A Victorian water tank manufacturer has been fined after pleading guilty to not providing a safe workplace environment after an incident where a worker lost their thumb.
Business fined after worker’s thumb amputation in Swan Hill factory accident Read More »
The boss of both stores, was convicted and fined $40,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court yesterday after being convicted on two charges of failing to ensure a workplace under his control was safe and without risks to health.
Hospital cafe boss fined after sexual harassment Read More »
A metal fabrication subcontractor has been charged after a man broke his back in a 4m fall at Melbourne Airport.
Metal fabrication subcontractor charged by WorkSafe Read More »
