On 13 November 2023, Gough Industries Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Townsville Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty under section 19 of the Act.

On 31 October 2023, an earthmoving company was sentenced in the Goondiwindi Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, having failed to comply with the primary health and safety duty owed pursuant to section 19.

On 30 October 2023 a Director of a solar power company was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for a breach of section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with his health and safety duty pursuant to section 27 of the Act.

On 26 October 2023, a university was sentenced in the Holland Park Magistrates Court for failing to discharge its duty to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, that the health and safety of other persons, was not put at risk from work carried out by the university, and that the failure exposed another person to a risk of serious injury or death (a category two offence under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011).

On 24 October 2021, the defendant was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for threatening an inspector, pursuant to section 190 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld). The defendant was fined $1,250.

On 20 October 2023, an electricity entity was sentenced in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court for breaching section 40C of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its duty under section 29(1)(a) of the Act to ensure that its works were electrically safe, with the failure exposing an individual to a risk of serious injury or death.

On 20 October 2023, a company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its primary health and safety duty, thereby exposing workers to the risk of death or serious injury.

On 13 October 2023, a company which provided services involving cranes was sentenced in the Gympie Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 13 October 2023, a crane operator (‘the worker) was sentenced in the Gympie Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with his duty to ensure that his acts did not adversely affect the health and safety of other individuals.

On 13 October 2023 an agricultural business was fined $40,000 in the Dalby Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to three charges arising from breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’). The defendant was charged with having breached section 32 of the Act, having failed to comply with their primary health and safety duty pursuant to section 19(1) of the Act, exposing an individual to a risk of death or serious injury. The defendant was further charged with failures to comply with sections 38(1) and 39(1) of the Act, being requirements to notify the regulator that a notifiable incident had occurred and to ensure that a notifiable incident site was not disturbed.