Lack of guarding on plant results in injury
Heritage Seeds Pty Ltd (Company) is a seed distribution company that coats each of its seeds in a chemical mixture before distribution.
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Two workers are seriously injured when a scaffold collapses
Spotless Facility Services contracted MPMG FM Pty Limited (Company) to manage facilities maintenance at Heathcote High School for a painting job.
Workers threatened with dismissal after raising health and safety concerns
Patrick Stevedores Holdings Pty Ltd (Company) operated a port in Hastings, Victoria. In February 2009, a client of the Company delivered 800 steel coils to a warehouse at the port, so that the coils could be loaded onto vessels.
Company director dies after falling from unsafe roof
A division of W.F. Montague Pty Ltd (Company) specialises in temperature-controlled storage and inventory management. The Company contracted Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Services Pty Ltd (CIRS)
A company ignoring a risk results in a worker sustaining serious injuries
On 14 July 2015, Deicorp Pty Ltd (Company) and Rock Form Group Pty Ltd (Rock Form) entered into an agreement for Rock Form to supply, erect and dismantle all formwork on the Company’s construction site.
Three businesses fail to control risks to members of the public
Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd (Veolia) and Visy Paper Pty Ltd (Visy) provided waste management services at a Hungry Jacks Pty Ltd (Hungry Jacks) outlet.
Crushed fingers cost company more than $110,000
An employee of the Company was instructed to fold channels in sheet metal using a 100-tonne capacity press. The channels were not folding at the correct angles and the supervisor failed to rectify this issue.
Poor safety practices result in $80,000 fine
Timber Imagineering Pty Ltd (the Company) employed a labourer who was injured after a timber stud wall he was erecting fell on him. Following the incident, the worker was provided with inadequate first aid.
Worker loses hand in saw mill accident
Two of the Company’s workers were operating a planer when a piece of wood became jammed. The workers attempted to fix the problem while the machine was still in operation.
Hefty fine after plumber falls 7 metres
Transplumb was a construction company specialising in roofing works. On 19 December 2016, a crew of Transplumb workers attended a warehouse in Albion, Victoria, to repair roofing sheets.
Experienced operator contributed to colleague's death
Mr Poida was a crane operator employed by Tranzblast Coating Services. Mr Poida was an experienced crane operator, and the supervisor at a site in his workplace.
Defects in equipment cost company $50,000
In a second case involving Tranzblast’s 8-tonne crane, following the fatality discussed in the Robert Poida case, this crane was inspected and found to have multiple defects, including defective wheel and park brakes, non-operational
Apprentice injury costs company $24,000
Ballarat Construction Management Pty Ltd (the Company) was engaged as the project manager of a demolition, construction and renovation of a school in Ballarat, Victoria.
Lack of training results in $100K penalty
Leucaena Chop Pty Ltd (Company) provided tree harvesting services in the greater Rockhampton region. On 15 December 2015, the Company was engaged to harvest trees on a property with one of its modified cane fertiliser spreading machines.
No emergency stop button nearly killed worker
Ricegrowers Limited (the Company) is a business that sources, processes and trades rice. The Company also manufactures rice food products used in stockfeed, and imports and distributes specialty food products.