$130K safety undertaking after factory finger severing - 10.2.25
After a worker’s finger was partly severed in a processing machine, a food manufacturer will spend over $130,000 to improve safety. On 29 January, the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court heard Annex Foods Pty Ltd had entered into an enforceable undertaking while facing two charges of failing to provide a safe... Read more.
Fatal gate crush leads to $350K fine - 21.1.25
A truck driver was fatally crushed under a falling gate at a Dandenong depot in mid-2022, with a gate manufacturing and repair company subsequently fined $350,000. Gate Automation Systems Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court on Thursday, 19 December 2024 after pleading guilty to a single... Read more.
Mining company fined after worker’s arm caught in conveyor - 15.7.24
A mining company located just outside of Cue, WA, has been fined $400,000 plus costs of $5743.30 after a worker’s arm was trapped in a conveyor at the company’s gold processing plant. The company pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment under the Mines Safety... Read more.
Company fined after worker’s fingers caught in roller - 4.6.24
Warrnambool roofing manufacturer Uniroll Roofing Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $40,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries when they were told to bypass a machine’s safeguards to clean it. The company pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to provide or maintain a safe system of work... Read more.
Rubber supplier fined $450K over workplace fatality - 27.5.24
A rubber product manufacturer based in Dandenong South has been convicted and fined $450,000 after a worker died when he was struck on the head by a machine component. The Elastomers Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to a single charge of failing to provide plant that was, so far as... Read more.