Case Law - Health & Safety Handbook (Page 9)

Case Law

Felling a tree; crushing a neighbour's car

Mr McNeill was a sole trader who specialised in tree cutting and stump removal. A demolition company engaged Mr McNeill to remove a large tree from a residential site at which a company was performing excavation works.

Double trouble: Company breaches safety obligations at two worksites

Erfanian Developments (company) developed and sold residential apartments. The company was involved in two construction sites as the principal contractor where both worksites were under the company’s management and control.

Kitchen hand suffers burns from a hazardous chemical

Grey Colt Pty Ltd (Company) operated a commercial kitchen attached to a hotel in NSW. The kitchen was staffed by the sole director of the Company, a general manager, chefs and a kitchen hand.

Company and sole director plead guilty to exposing a worker to a risk of death

Macquarie Milling Co Pty Ltd (MMC) was a company involved in producing stock feed for farm animals. One of MMC’s employees was a mill labourer who operated a chaff cutting machine.

Company fails to consider all available resources to eliminate risks

K & R Fabrications (K & R) was a business specialising in shutdown maintenance services for industrial worksites. At the time of the incident, K & R was tasked with reinstalling four intermediate bearing housings as part of a gearbox overhaul at a shutdown cement mill.

Property management business falls foul of SafeWork NSW

Building Maintenance Unit Service Pty Ltd (BMUS), a company responsible for servicing and maintaining building maintenance units (BMUs), was found to be in breach of its work health and safety (WHS)

Cantilevered rack collapse seriously injures worker

Vehicle Storage & Engineering Pty Ltd (the company) was a vehicle body fabrication business that was also involved in steel fabrication work.

Cavalier attitude to health and safety results in serious injury

A developer engaged MJM Painting Services Pty Limited (MJM) to provide painting and decorating services at a high-rise residential construction site.

Reviewing plant safety mechanisms can save you a world of pain

Ausprinters Pty Ltd (Ausprinters) was a commercial printing company involved in printing labels used for commercial food packaging. An employee of Ausprinters was setting up a large-scale printing machine in preparation for a printing job

Teenage boy killed in farming incident

New Leaf Ag Pty Ltd (the Company) owned a cotton and beef cattle production farm that was operated by a farm management company (Farm Management).

Failure to carry out inspection and testing leads to two workers falling from height

Building Maintenance Unit Service (the Company) was responsible for servicing and maintaining the building maintenance units (BMUs) of a 13-storey commercial building in Sydney for 10 years.

Electrician faces hefty fines after unsupervised apprentice injured

Mr Cicchelli was a sole trader electrician hired to complete the electrical fit-out of a hardware store. Mr Cicchelli delegated the cabling work to his employees, two B-grade electricians and a third-year apprentice.

New worker's hand crushed in machinery while trying to work faster - unsupervised

Confeta Pty Ltd (the Company) manufactured baking products such as baking cups and cake boxes. The Company used a folded cup machine to make the baking cups. Using the folded cup machine required a worker to place a sheet of paper on a die plate

$60,000 fine: Public injured when hoarding collapses into shopping centre

DWI Pty Ltd (the Company) is a manufacturer and installer of hoarding within shopping centres.

Worker suffers serious facial injuries from angle grinder kickback

Bonaccord Ingram Co Pty Ltd (the Company) operated a vegetable production and logistics company in Victoria. As part of maintenance work at one of the Company’s sites, workers were required to operate angle grinders, which carried a high risk of serious injury due