Bricklaying company fined $600k over crushed worker
A company has been fined after a brickie was crushed under a collapsing staircase in 2019, causing serious injuries.
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Fines & Breaches
New fines after Bayswater gas explosion
A gas cylinder supplier has been fined a total of $550,000 after a worker was left permanently disabled in a ute explosion in December 2017.
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SA company fined after worker’s deadly fall
An Adelaide asbestos removal company has been fined $150,000 after a worker fell to his death.
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EnergyAustralia fined $1.5 million after Yallourn power plant worker’s death
EnergyAustralia has been fined $1.5 million after a veteran Yallourn power station employee suffered fatal burns in an electrical explosion.
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Companies charged with workplace manslaughter
WorkSafe has charged two companies with multiple health and safety breaches following the death of an apprentice at West Melbourne.
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Business, supervisor fined $55K after worker’s 7m rooftop fall
A roofing business and one of its supervisors have been fined a collective $55,000 after a worker was seriously injured falling through a roof onto a concrete floor.
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More than 120 employers fined for safety breaches in 2022
Fourteen of those companies were hit with six-figure penalties for breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act, with the total of all fines imposed by the courts $5,588,750.
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Company fined after nail penetrates teen’s skull
A carpentry company in Langwarrin has been convicted and fined $130,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice was injured twice in one day at a Glen Waverly construction site.
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Pizza giant ordered to pay worker $53,000 after colleague stared at her breasts
A Melbourne supermarket pizza supplier has been ordered to pay a former employee more than $53,000 after she was sexually harassed by a male colleague who stared at her breasts.
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Worker awarded almost $200k for tripping on block of Lego
A Queensland childcare worker who tripped on a Lego block and injured her ankle has been awarded almost $200,000.
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$130,000 fine after nail penetrates teen’s skull
A carpentry company in Langwarrin has been convicted and fined $130,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice was injured twice in one day at a Glen Waverly construction site.
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Company fined $3 million for failing to properly assess competence of driver
The Supreme Court of South Australia has recently upheld a decision of a lower court in deciding that waste management company, Cleanaway, failed to take reasonably practicable measures to materially reduce the risk of an accident on the South Eastern Freeway in Adelaide back in 2014 which killed two people and seriously injured two others.
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$130,000 fine over horror carpentry injury
A Melbourne carpentry business has been fined $130,000 after an apprentice suffered a horrific head injury at work.
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Stone importer fined $475,000 after worker’s death
A stone importer has been convicted and fined $475,000 after a worker was fatally crushed at a Dingley Village warehouse in April 2020.
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Perth company fined after worker has 7 fingers amputated
Authorities have warned West Australian employers to immediately report workplace incidents after a young labourer had to have seven fingers amputated.
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