An electrical company has been convicted and fined $40,000 after ordering an apprentice to work on a roof without fall protection.
Electrical company fined $40,000 over apprentice fall risk Read More »
A garlic bread wholesaler has been convicted and fined a record $3.4 million for workplace manslaughter after a worker fell to his death at a bakery in Reservoir.
Bakery fined record $3.4 million for workplace manslaughter Read More »
The Illawarra Turf Club Ltd has been convicted and fined $200,000 in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
Turf Club fined $200,000 after worker falls from roof Read More »
A roofing company has been convicted and fined after repeatedly putting workers at risk of falls on four residential construction sites in Melbourne.
$700,000 in fines for string of working at height offences Read More »
A roofing company has been convicted and fined after repeatedly putting workers at risk of falls on four residential construction sites in Melbourne.
$700,000 in fines for string of working at height offences Read More »
The Offender is a sole trader and roof plumber.
Sole trader found guilty Read More »
A bricklaying company has had its fines increase to a total of $110,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall at a residential construction site in Keysborough.
Fine over two-metre fall more than tripled on appeal Read More »
Dukes Painting Services Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $105,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
Company fined $105,000 after falls from heights risk Read More »
Media release A construction company has been fined $750,000 and a company director fined $45,000 over an incident in which a worker from another business was seriously injured in a fall.
Construction company and director fined over worker fall Read More »
The poets and philosophers are right: life is fragile, so take care of yourself. This particularly applies to pilots who hold the lives of others literally in their hands.
Without warning – pilot incapacitation Read More »
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.
Two companies convicted after labourer falls 4.6m, seriously injured Read More »
It is believed to be the first contested prosecution of its kind
Business fatality case sets precedent Read More »
A worker trimming trees has been injured after the cherry picker he was in toppled over in Perth’s northern suburbs.
Worker injured in cherry picker Read More »
The District Court of New South Wales recently dealt with a work health and safety case involving a construction company that failed to ensure the safety of its workers, resulting in serious injuries to a painter who fell through a void at a residential construction site.
Danger that led to employee injury was ‘obvious and known to the employer’: NSW court Read More »
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 »
