Boss slapped strung-up apprentice at work Christmas party
Boss slapped strung-up apprentice at work Christmas party
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Fines & Breaches
Huge fine for Company and director after workplace injury
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.
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Vegetable business fined $15,000 after worker’s arm caught in conveyor
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.
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Scrapper fined $95,000 after customer’s leg severed
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.
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Business fined after worker’s thumb amputation in Swan Hill factory accident
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.
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Hospital cafe boss fined after sexual harassment
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.
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Metal fabrication subcontractor charged by WorkSafe
A metal fabrication subcontractor has been charged after a man broke his back in a 4m fall at Melbourne Airport.
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Unsafe machine cost worker his arm
WorkSafe New Zealand is again warning businesses to be on alert for the dangers of moving machinery, after a worker had his arm amputated on the job at a concrete manufacturer in Manawatū.
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Teenager injured as nail penetrates his skull
The nail gun was fired by a colleague, penetrating the 16-year-old’s skull and brain.
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Transport and logistics company fined after worker’s leg crushed by forklift
The worker was struck by the forklift just after he walked into a Port Melbourne warehouse.
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Under Labor, corporate executives to face 25 years gaol for workers killed
The Albanese Government is seriously stepping up efforts to reduce avoidable workplace fatalities, reports Alan Austin.
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Timber company fined $350k over worker’s death
A Victorian company has been fined $350,000 after a worker was killed in timber mill incident.
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Charges over water tank fatality and injury
WorkSafe has charged a Swan Hill water tank manufacturer after a man was killed and another seriously injured in separate unloading incidents.
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Company fined after warehouse worker struck by reversing forklift
An investigation found the person driving the vehicle was not licensed to do so.
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RACV fined $475,000 after father killed during 96-hour roadside assist shift
John Halls had seven hours left of a 96-hour shift left and had just driven two people home safely after their car broke down when he crashed into a tree at 100km/h.
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