Thiess Services Pty Ltd was charged following a breach of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004 (Vic) (OHS Act) after an overloaded barge capsized on the Patterson River in Victoria.

In February 2013, a bottle shop worker fell through an open trapdoor when working at the Wallacia Hotel in NSW. She suffered multiple injuries, including injuries to her feet, which required surgery.

A scaffolder located in Perth failed to take reasonable care in erecting a scaffold. Mr Allen, an employee of the scaffolding company, added a third lift to the steel-framed and steel-planked scaffold that had previously been erected around the building site.

Dotmar EPP Pty Ltd engineers plastic products using machine tools, such as routers and lathes, to assist with cutting and drilling. Two of Dotmar’s workers were injured when they followed company procedures that sought to override many of the safety procedures required to operate the machinery.

The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) and three of its union organisers commenced proceedings against JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd (JKC).

On the night of 20 October 2009, a special forces soldier received a fatal gunshot wound to the head, while another was injured during a military training exercise conducted by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at the Cultana Range Training Area in South Australia.

In February 2012, 20-year-old Jason Jon Garrels, employed by Daytona Trading, was electrocuted while holding a temporary construction switchboard, which was being erected to comply with an electrical safety notice.

Hunter Valley Energy Coal Pty Ltd (HVEC) operates the Mount Arthur coal mine (Mt Arthur Coal Complex), an open-cut coal mine near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley.