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.
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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).
Young, inexperienced workers exposed to a dangerous work environment
First industrial manslaughter conviction in Queensland
Brisbane Auto Recycling Pty Ltd (company) operated an auto wrecking business at 167 Marshall Road Rocklea (workplace). The business involved the purchase of used motor vehicles for resale, recycling and parts.
Two workers suffer serious burns after an incident with hazardous chemicals
Hydromet Corporation Pty Limited (Hydromet) specialised in recycling used batteries, processing chemical and industrial waste, and storing and handling large quantities of hazardous chemicals.
Company fined a total of $300,000 for work health and safety failures
New Sector Engineering Pty Ltd (NSE) is involved in repairing and maintaining steel machines for the food and industrial sector.
Carpenter suffers fatal injuries after a brick wall collapses
NSW Bricklaying Pty Ltd supplied bricklayers to construction sites. At the site of the incident, employees of NSW Bricklaying constructed an approximately 6-metre-high brick wall as part of a residential duplex development.
Failure to formalise safety procedures contributes to worker injury
Dongwha Timbers Pty Limited is a business in the lumber industry, which operates a timber sawmill and timber re-manufacturing facility in Bombala, NSW.
Company fined $25,000 after trailer collides with a forklift
Clifford Hallam Healthcare Pty Limited (Clifford Hallam) is a company involved in healthcare services and products. It had a warehouse facility in Dandenong, which moved to a new site in Keysborough 2 months before the incident.
Worker suffers fatal injuries after structure tips
SJ & TA Structural Pty Ltd (SJ & TA) is a manufacturing and construction company involved in steel fabrication at its site in Wodonga. On 18 August 2016, Mr Adrian Heber was moving steel stair frames, together with other employees of SJ & TA, from the factory building to the yard for storage.
Elderly man falls into a trench excavated by a plumbing company
Proflow Plumbing and Maintenance Pty Limited (company) specialised in providing plumbing and maintenance services. The company was engaged to repair a blockage in the sewage pipes at a residential premises in Glenmore Park, which was the home of Mr Leslie James Sloan.
Employer found to have adopted a system of work that exposed a worker to significant risk
Mandalay Resources Costerfield Operations Pty Ltd (company) was the owner and operator of the Augusta gold-antimony mine in Costerfield.
Company sole director and owner found to have engaged in bullying
Monjon (Australia) Pty Ltd (Monjon) was a security services company that provided services throughout Victoria. It was managed by John Bernard Moncrieff, who was a sole director and owner the company, as well as Managing Director and the hands-on manager of the business.
Court considers a restoration order after an injured worker suffers financial hardship
An employer was held liable after its employee fell from heights and suffered from serious injury at a construction site.