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Poor supervision of new worker costs business $40,000
At a recent hearing in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court, a company was fined $40,000 for failing to ensure the health and safety of its workers, resulting in exposure to risk of death or serious injury. In particular, the defendant failed to adequately supervise an employee.
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$60,000 fine after incident left worker with partial thumb amputation
A Brisbane warehousing, transport and distribution business has been fined $60,000 over an incident which left a young worker with a partially amputated thumb which had to be surgically repaired.
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Industrial manslaughter charge laid against Gympie business owner
The independent Work Health and Safety Prosecutor, Mr Aaron Guilfoyle, has commenced an industrial manslaughter prosecution against the owner of a Gympie business which sells and services electric motors.
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$50,000 fine for Toowoomba Second Range Crossing incident
A subcontractor working on the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing was fined $50,000 this week over a work safety incident in which a mobile concrete pump with a 60m boom became unstable and tipped, putting workers at risk.
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Electrical safety awareness sessions in regional Queensland
Ahead of Electricity Safety Week (7-11 September), a series of electrical safety awareness sessions have been scheduled around regional Queensland to coincide with local home shows.
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NQ employer fined $65,000 over death of backpacker from heat stress
A sole trader who used backpackers to pick produce in the Burdekin area has been fined $65,000 over the heat stress death of a worker.
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Redesigned WorkSafe.qld.gov.au website launched
The redesigned WorkSafe.qld.gov.au website launched on 8 October 2020.
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Ardent Leisure Limited fined $3.6m over Dreamworld fatalities
After pleading guilty, Ardent Leisure Limited has been sentenced in the Southport Magistrates Court in relation to Thunder River Rapids Ride tragedy at Dreamworld on 25 October 2016, where four people lost their lives.
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Outstanding primary school artwork featured in 2021 Farm Safety calendar
The creative works of a dozen Queensland primary school students from Prep through to Grade 6 will appear in the 2021 Farm Safety calendar following a competition run by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
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$800,000 fine over workplace burns fatality in Yatala
Yatala based Oil Tech International Pty Ltd was recently fined $800,000 over a workplace incident in which a man was burnt to death.
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$40,000 fine over workplace amputation in Crestmead
A sheet metal fabrication business and a company director have both appeared before Beenleigh Magistrates Court this week over a workplace incident in which a young work experience student had the tip of his finger amputated.
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ESO warns rogues in electricity industry – no licence, no work!
Following successful court action recently, the Electrical Safety Office is warning rogue operators against performing electrical work without an appropriate licence.