A principal contractor and a subcontractor on a Brisbane construction site have pleaded guilty to s32 offences under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the ‘Act’).
An electrician who carried on an electrical and air-conditioning business as a sole trader in south east Queensland pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the duty imposed on him under s.30 of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (the Act).
The defendant company, Betterlay Brick and Block Laying Pty Ltd, was charged under sections 33 and 19(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act), after a worker was injured when a block wall collapsed, pinning him.