Kerosene fireball engulfs worker
In 2015, CRS NSW (Company) was sealing a driveway at a worksite in Wagga Wagga. The cold weather solidified some spilled substance on the side of the company vehicle.
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High-risk explosion injures two workers
Two workers were decanting all-purpose thinners from a leaking 1,000L bulk container into another bulk container. The leaking container was resting on a pair of forklift tines during the decanting process.
No safety systems in place to prevent fall from height
An employee of the Travcar Family Trust, trading as Browns Engineering (Travcar) was working from heights in a scissor lift. The employee was screwing into place a roofing sheet when it slipped sideways, exposing a hole in the roof.
Worker becomes trapped under toppled forklift
Wodonga Rendering Pty Ltd (Company) operated an abattoir that used rendering plant to process raw materials. On the day of the incident, workers were transporting bags of blood meal into a semi-trailer using a forklift with a lifting attachment and an Attollo rotator.
Company fails to implement an adequate safe system of work to address the risk of working near powerlines
Redback Tree Services (Company) is involved in tree maintenance and removal. The Company was contracted to a residential site to remove two trees that were located near a set of powerlines.
Contractor's decision to change a safe method of work results in injury
Mr Tolputt was as a specialist climber engaged by Bradshaw Tree Services to access and dismantle a tree that had collapsed on a house during a storm.
Inexperienced worker injured in high-risk task
Hydro Clean (Griffith) Pty Ltd (Company) pleaded guilty under s 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 after failing to comply with its duty and thereby exposing an employee to a risk of death or serious injury.
Fall through void avoidable
Aveo Homes Pty Ltd (the Company) was a residential construction company. It engaged Dascom Electrical Pty Ltd to complete electrical works at the construction site.
Small company receives large penalty for safety breach
Skyhook Roof Access Systems Pty Ltd (Company) installed, maintained and inspected working at height fall arrest anchorage systems. The Company had installed an anchorage system on a building at an aged care facility.
Lack of information ends in fatal forklift incident
CK Crouch Pty Ltd (Company) was contracted to a major poultry producer to catch and load live chickens for slaughter. The catch and load process involved cages being brought into a shed on a forklift at night.
Container crane incident costs company $20,000
An employee of L Arthur Pty Ltd – a company that provides transport, integrated logistics, warehousing and distribution services – was operating a crane to move an empty 40-foot shipping container across a warehouse space.
Risk of death from confined space incident
Industrial Lining Pty Limited (Company) installs protective linings inside plant and industrial equipment. Two employees were installing rubber lining inside a hopper when they were exposed to a harmful level of contaminate and were rendered unconscious.
Workers unaware of asbestos threat
Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (the Company) is a major provider of transport infrastructure projects throughout Queensland, and is involved in the building and maintenance of bridges and roads.
Penalty increased for excavator operator
Worker killed through lack of management plan
On 5 August 2015, a worker of JMAL Group Pty Ltd was loading and transporting a boom lift crane from a depot at Williamstown to Melbourne Airport. The procedure for this task was to load the crane on the public road outside the depot.