Case Law - Health & Safety Handbook (Page 7)

Case Law

Subcontractor fails to take known steps to control risk

Company is fined $36,500 after incident at a sawmill

Forklift and pedestrian collision results in leg injury

Company director is fatally crushed by falling wall

Mopping up the damage from a deadly clean-up

Parks Victoria fined $100,000 after motorcyclists injured

Worker at Air Force base suffers severed leg

2-metre fall through a void results in death

Worker is injured when a bakery trolley falls on her

Company fined $525,000 after destructive explosion

Company fails to implement obvious risk controls

Employee walking in the dark falls into a ditch

Company is fined $600,000 after worker suffers fatal crush injury

Racking falls on employee who was acting as a forklift spotter

Young gym patron dies after weightlifting equipment drops on him