Case Law
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
A worker is killed after the collapse of brickwork on a construction site
Inexperienced, untrained worker saws finger with electric planer
Failure to induct contractors delays emergency treatment for injured woman
Poor fleet maintenance and lack of training result in driver’s death
Company with multiple prior convictions fined $300,000
Inadequate guarding on machinery results in contractor injury
Bullock MFG Pty Limited (Bullock) is a sheet metal product manufacturer for the air-conditioning industry. The company engaged labour-hire employees for various roles, such as operating metal equipment and machinery.
Worker crushed by a 500kg mill trolley
Yarra Valley Snack Foods Pty Ltd (Yarra Valley) produces a range of packaged foods sold in supermarkets across Australia. In the factory is a 500kg mill trolley that is required to be cleaned.
Subcontractor is killed after fall from height
Seascape Constructions Pty Ltd (Seascape) is a construction company specialising in residential developments and was the principal contractor of a 2-storey residential dwelling.
Car collides with a mobile elevated work platform
United Access Pty Ltd supplies elevated work platforms for hire. The mobile elevated work platforms are regularly loaded and unloaded on and off vehicles around the worksite for transportation to clients.
Worker’s arm becomes entrapped in a meat processing plant
A worker was seriously injured while working in an offal room at a meat processing plant operated by Diamond Valley Pork Pty Ltd (company).