On 14 March 2025, a tyre installation and maintenance company was sentenced in the Richlands Magistrates Court for breaching sections 19 and 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duties.

On 12 March 2025, a freight lines company was sentenced in the Warwick Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty. The legal basis for the complaint was that the defendant, as a person conducting a business, had a primary duty of care to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health and safety of its workers; and the defendant failed to comply with that duty; and the failure exposed an individual to a risk of death or serious injury.

On 11 March 2025, an individual was sentenced in the Caloundra Magistrates Court for an offence pursuant to section 188 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld), having intentionally hindered or obstructed inspectors from exercising their compliance powers.

On 4 March 2025 the defendant was convicted of two complaints against the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld).

The defendant operated a farming business and failed to ensure that one of its tractors was fitted with a seatbelt in contravention of its duty.

On 24 February 2025, a defendant was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching sections 19 and 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duties.

On 21 February 2025, a restoration company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 13 February 2025, an electrical contractor was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for two charges of breaching section 40C of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with his duties to take reasonable care for his own electrical safety, and to take reasonable care that his acts or omissions did not adversely affect the electrical safety of other persons or property; and these failures exposed himself and other persons to the risk of death or serious injury.

On 12 February 2025, the defendant pleaded guilty to an offence under the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld).

On 5 February 2025, a 67-year-old sole trader who runs a horse-riding business was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with a primary health and safety duty.