Glenn Henry Cook fined $25,000
A fencing contractor has been fined $25,000 after a teenage worker suffered serious hand injuries on the job at Camooweal.
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A fencing contractor has been fined $25,000 after a teenage worker suffered serious hand injuries on the job at Camooweal.
Glenn Henry Cook fined $25,000 Read More »
One of the most serious breaches of workplace health and safety laws involves reckless conduct. In most states, including Queensland, reckless conduct that exposes an employee to a risk of death or serious injury is a category 1 offence and comes with penalties of up to $3,000,000 for body corporates and five years’ imprisonment for an individual. What constitutes recklessness has recently been considered in the Industrial Court of Queensland (ICQ).
What constitutes recklessness under workplace health and safety laws? Read More »
According to the survey, low pay, a lack of hours and unsafe conditions are causing stress, marriage breakdown, financial hardship, horrific injuries and even near-death incidents for Jetstar workers.
Survey reveals 80% of Jetstar workers have been injured Read More »
A Dandenong South supplements manufacturer has been given a hefty fine of $40,000 after a worker suffered a serious workplace injury when his hand was crushed between two rollers.
Health supplements manufacturer fined Read More »
IGA worker Dawn Ballis was a single mum with an “active lifestyle” before a workplace accident left her with horror injuries.
Worker sues employer for $800k Read More »
Three men have been charged over an attack that left a man with serious head injuries at a storage centre in Adelaide’s western suburbs this morning.
Serious head injuries suffered in storage centre altercation Read More »
A 22-year-old construction worker’s leg has been partly amputated following crush injuries involving large demolition machinery at Lot Fourteen, the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site.
Worker’s leg amputated after accident Read More »
A kitchen manufacturer has been convicted and fined $60,000 after a cabinet maker had three fingers severed while cutting panels.
Company fined $60,000 for amputated fingers Read More »
Queensland woman Nicole Funnell used to love heading into work each day – until a brutal attempted robbery during a shift ended her career and left her with lasting trauma.
Michael Hill ordered to pay worker compensation Read More »
Five workers have been hospitalised after being injured when scaffolding collapsed on a worksite in Melbourne’s north this afternoon.
Five men injured in scaffolding collapse in Melbourne Read More »
A Brisbane Catholic Education teacher injured while on a school trip to Vanuatu has had her appeal dismissed by the Industrial Court of Queensland. The Court found that her shoulder injury did not ‘arise out of, or in the course of, her employment’.
Claim rejected for Teacher injured during an excursion Read More »
A man has been critically injured after being crushed between a vehicle and a wall in Smithfield, Cairns.
Man critically injured at Reece Plumbing Read More »
A Qantas employee has been taken to hospital after suffering a head injury at Perth Airport.
Qantas worker injured at Perth Airport Read More »