Barwon South West region ‘significantly over-represented’ in occupational health and safety cases
Businesses in Geelong caught breaching occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines are being hit with some of the highest fines in the state.
Fines & Breaches
Executive jailed and ground-breaking WHS legal developments
On 23 January 2024 the National Operations Manager of a logistics business was sentenced to three years jail, ordered to pay $123,000 in legal costs and issued with an order prohibiting him from managing transport activities for 12 months upon his release from jail.
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Work Health and Safety: increased activity means you need to be proactive
Are you complying with your Work Health and Safety duties?
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Huge fine after employee’s hand was partially degloved
A company operating in Breakwater has copped a massive fine after an employee’s finger was partially degloved.
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State Government ordered to pay compensation for Covid-19 vaccine injury
A vaccine-injured South Australian dad and public servant had a groundbreaking legal win against the government.
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Employers fined more than $16 million for safety breaches
Victorian employers are reminded they face serious legal consequences if they put workers at risk after WorkSafe completed 153 successful health and safety prosecutions last year.
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Worker Seriously Injured, Transport Firm Faces Charges
A transport company has been prosecuted by WorkSafe over an incident that left a worker with serious and permanent leg injuries.
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Popular Australian pie company fined
A pie maker in Townsville suffered severe injuries after being trapped inside a conveyor belt for an hour.
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Two Victorian companies charged after man dies in workplace
Two Victorian companies have been charged after a man suffered fatal head injuries in a workplace accident in 2022.
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‘Foaming at the mouth’: Adventure business fined following high wire mishap
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.
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Shed company fined $90,000 after roof fall
A Victor Harbor shed company has been fined $90,000 after a worker fell through a roof, sustaining serious injuries.
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Perth parents hit out at six-figure fines
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
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Eureka Chip Company fined $63k after worker’s hand crushed in corn grinder at East Bendigo factory
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.
Company fined after woman’s hand amputated
A NSW company has been fined $300,000 after a worker’s hand was amputated on just her second shift at a Sydney warehouse.
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Company faces record-breaking $2.1 million penalty over worker’s traumatic injury
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).
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