Abattoir cake press entanglement death leads to $785K fine - 1.9.25
A Western Australia meat marketing co-operative has been fined $785,000 over the death of a worker who became entangled in a cake press at an abattoir. The incident The incident occurred at the Katanning Abattoir in 2022, operated as part of Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative Ltd (WAMMCO), which... Read more.
$60K fine follows fingers amputation in meat product plant - 11.8.25
A meat manufacturing and distribution company has been fined $60,000 after a worker had fingers amputated by the moving blade in a meat slicer. The incident The incident occurred on 13 December 2022, when a worker in company conducting a business in the manufacture and distribution of meat products... Read more.
$80K fine follows finger amputation using unguarded machinery - 22.7.25
After a worker had a finger amputated due to using unguarded machinery, a packaging manufacturer has been convicted and fined $80,000. The incident The incident occurred in February 2023, when a worker operating machinery that produces bubble wrap envelopes through a series of rollers, folding mechanisms, heat sealing machines... Read more.
Penalties rise over conveyor belt deaths - 17.7.25
Courts have imposed more than $800,000 in penalties since mid-March, in response to workers being killed on unsafe conveyor belts in the manufacturing industry. Timaru director Sean Sloper and his company Point Lumber Limited are the latest to be jointly sentenced over the death of a young worker, Ethyn... Read more.
Apprentice electrician death leads to almost $1m in fines - 17.7.25
Following separate investigations by Energy Safe Victoria and WorkSafe Victoria into the death of an apprentice electrician working unsupervised in 2021, two lift companies have been fined. Facing Victoria’s Supreme Court on 27 June, Nordic Elevator Services Pty Ltd and Nordic Elevators Pty Ltd were ordered to pay $30,000 and $20,000 after pleading... Read more.