Guard removal causes arm injury to worker
Shred-X Pty Ltd (Company) processes paper and waste products for recycling. On 25 March 2015, an employee of the Company was sorting paper that was travelling on a moving conveyor belt.
Case Law
Fall from incomplete scaffold injures plasterer
Precision Plastering (Vic) Pty Ltd (Company) was engaged by a principal contractor to undertake plastering works for the construction of two adjoining residential double-storey townhouses.
Worker dies in tractor rollover
Gregory Paul Dunn (Defendant) operated a business known as That’s Slashing and Tipper Hire. The business provided property clearing and maintenance services, including lawn mowing and slashing.
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Mr Clayton lodged an unfair dismissal claim against Coles Group Supply Chain (Coles) in relation to his employment in the operation of various forms of manual-handling equipment, such as forklifts, in which he was required to hold a high-risk licence.
No risk assessment ends in worker death
Australian Box Recycling Pty Ltd (Company) conducts a business that recycles cardboard boxes. On 22 August 2014, an employee of the Company was killed when operating a cardboard box-stacking lift cage.
Asbestos removal breaches safety laws
Concept Dimensions Pty Ltd (Company) was subcontracted by the owner of a residential premises in Victoria to demolish part of the premises and perform construction work.
Lack of training results in amputation
Freedom Foods Pty Ltd (Company) operated a cereal and snack food manufacturing business. On 28 July 2014, Mr Torbuck, an employee, was working alone when a Flake roller machine became blocked. He kicked the chute to stop the products from continuing to pass into the machine,
Simple measures could have prevented forklift driver death
A Sydney auctioneer was convicted by the NSW District Court under the Work Health and Safety Act (2011) for failing to ensure the health and safety of workers and was fined $225,000.
$300,000 fine for death caused by failing to follow standard
Bilic Homes, a family-owned building company, was charged with failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment. The prosecution concerned an incident where an unbraced brick wall collapsed and killed a carpenter who was working on the site.
Worker's fall due to failure to comply with SWMS
Vand Builders Pty Ltd was the principal contractor for the construction of residential premises and engaged another company to supply, fix and flush plasterboard at the workplace.
Bullying boss convicted and fined
In April 2015, an 18-year-old apprentice carpenter made a complaint to WorkSafe that he had been bullied for more than 2 years by Mr Dennert, a sole trader, trading as Quality Carpentry and Building Maintenance.
Placement service fined following injury to apprentice
A prosecution was brought against Trainee and Apprentice Placement Service Inc, a not-for-profit organisation that places apprentices in the construction industry with host employers.
Labour hire company fined $150,000 after worker crushed in machinery
A labour hire company, Fix Force (Qld) Pty Ltd (Fix Force) failed to ensure that its worker was not exposed to unsafe equipment in the workplace. As a proper guard was not in place, the worker suffered significant injuries as a result of being crushed.
Consistent disciplinary treatment is required in relation to safety breaches
In July 2015, Jetstar terminated Mr Gill’s employment as a mechanical engineer at Avalon Airport in Melbourne because he drove a tow tug vehicle on a public road to pick up some lunch.
Fine for failing to visually identify or communicate a hidden risk to others
On 5 April 2012, a concrete pumping truck set up its outriggers on a capping beam next to a construction site where Ducon Pty Ltd was principal contractor for a 36-storey apartment building project.