A Queensland building company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 28 July 2020 for breaching s.32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, having failed to comply with its work health and safety duty which exposed a work to a risk of serious injury or death.
On 28 July 2020, a worker employed by a specialty wholesale bakery pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the Richlands Magistrates Court for breaching s 32 of the Act, having failed to meet his work health and safety duty. He held a duty under s 28 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the ‘Act’) to ensure his conduct did not put the safety of others workers at risk.
A company pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 24 July 2020, for breaching s 43(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the ‘Act’). The company removed in excess of 10m2 of Asbestos Containing Material (‘ACM’) without holding an asbestos removal licence, contrary to s 487(1) of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (the ‘Regulation’). The defendant company also pleaded guilty and was sentenced for breaching s 446(3) of the Regulation, having allowed a broom to be used on asbestos containing material in a manner that was not controlled.
On 20 July 2020, the defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court for one offence contrary to s32 of the Act, having failed to meet its primary safety duty under s19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011(the Act).
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.
