A labour hire company has been fined $50,000 and ordered to pay costs of $10,438 for failing to provide and maintain a safe system of work, after a worker died at a Benalla timber mill in 2018. The court heard that the worker, who was employed by Recruitment Select... Read more.
An employee at a food manufacturer suffered a traumatic incident undertaking maintenance work while a machine was in operation, resulting in the company being convicted and fined $125,000. The Dandenong Magistrates Court heard that in January 2019, the worker crawled under a conveyor in a large warming chamber used to... Read more.
A teenage apprentice mechanic and musician who lost parts of three fingers when the engine of a truck he was fixing was turned on says he wants to give others the confidence to speak up about workplace safety. The 19-year-old and his foreman at an Auckland vehicle repairs business... Read more.
NT WorkSafe has charged a Darwin amusement ride operator over an incident that injured two people on a sideshow alley ride at the Freds Pass Show in 2019. The injured people were passengers on The Octopus Ride, supplied and operated by the defendant, when one of the tension arms... Read more.
Icon Plastics has been convicted and fined $75,000 and ordered to pay costs of $70,000 after a worker’s hand was crushed by unguarded machinery at a Seaford factory in 2016. The plastics manufacturer was found guilty to one charge of failing to provide or maintain a safe system of... Read more.
