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An employee receives no training prior to undertaking work, resulting in injury.
![Inexperienced, untrained work saws finger with electric planer]()
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Brickwork collapses during the demolition of a brick chimney.
![A worker is killed after the collapse of brickwork on a construction site]()
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Company and company director both plead guilty to health and safety breach.
![Engineering firm fined $250,000 after excavation and basement works collapse]()
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November 2020A company with seven prior convictions pleads guilty to a Category 2 breach.
![Company with multiple prior convictions fined $300,000]()
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A 21-year-old driver was killed when his truck rolled.
![Poor fleet maintenance and lack of training result in driver’s death]()
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An aged-care resident suffers burns after spilling coffee.
![Failure to induct contractors delays emergency treatment for injured woman]()
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October 2020Company fails to ensure an SWMS is prepared before allowing work at height.
![Subcontractor is killed after fall from height]()
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October 2020Company pleads guilty to breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic).
![Worker crushed by a 500kg mill trolley]()
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A company is fined $165,000 for failing to meet its work health and safety duties.
![Inadequate guarding on machinery results in contractor injury]()
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September 2020Company convicted and sentenced to pay $130,000 after failing to maintain safe plant.
![Worker’s arm becomes entrapped in a meat processing plant]()
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Company and company director both plead guilty to health and…
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Brickwork collapses during the demolition of a brick chimney.
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An employee receives no training prior to undertaking work, resulting…
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November 2020A company with seven prior convictions pleads guilty to a…
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An aged-care resident suffers burns after spilling coffee.
