Mine operator fined for failing to ensure risk at mine was at an acceptable level

On 9 August 2024, the defendant, an operator of a mine, was sentenced in the Brisbane Industrial Magistrates Court for failing to ensure that the r

Worker fined $11,000 after hook block falls from crane and strikes worker to the head

On 8 August 2024, a worker was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 28 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011

Company fined $60,000 after dough mixing machine takes worker’s forearm

Note: the decision in this matter is the subject of an appeal.

Unguarded plant leads to $80,000 fine after worker loses a finger

On 2 August 2024, the Defendant company was sentenced in the Ipswich Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to a single breach of section 32 of th

Worker fined $12,250 after concrete truck topples over and strikes another worker

On 29 July 2024, a worker was sentenced in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court for breaching section 28 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011

Company fined after young worker struck by falling scaffold component

On 25 July 2024, a company was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011

Second Company fined after worker fell from unbarricaded balcony

On 25 July 2024, a company was sentenced in the Wynnum Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (

Company fined $60,000 after worker sustained severe injuries when hand caught in cutting heads of timber planing machine

On 23 July 2024, a corporation pleaded guilty to a ‘Category 2’ offence contrary to s.32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the WHS Act’).

Sunshine Coast bus company fined $180,000 for exposing mechanics to risk

On 18 July 2024, a Sunshine Coast bus company was sentenced in the Maroochydore 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 pursuant to section 19(1) of the Act.

Timber treatment company fined $90,000 after guilty verdict on appeal

In November 2022 the Defendant company was found not-guilty after a trial in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court for an offence under section 32 of the