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Handyman fined after using wrecking bar to remove asbestos
A local handyman has been fined $3,000 for removing 36.8m2 of asbestos from a Paddington home without holding a licence, using a wrecking bar to remove the asbestos in an uncontrolled manner and for disposing of the asbestos in an unsafe manner.
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Media release
Huge fines imposed on major macadamia nut grower
One of the world’s largest macadamia producers has been fined more than $400,000 over a series of work safety breaches which left workers with serious injuries, including an injury which resulted in a forearm amputation.
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News article
Specialty medical assessment tribunal applications now open
Experienced specialist medical practitioners are invited to join the Specialty Medical Assessment Tribunal - independent panels of medical specialists who decide complex medical questions.
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News article
Asbestos Awareness Week 2021
This Asbestos Awareness Week (22-28 November), we’re showing householders and tradies where they could find asbestos in homes and what they should do to stay safe.
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Media release
No working at heights safety measures costs construction and roofing company dearly
A Brisbane-based construction and roofing company has been fined $50,000, with a further $25,000 surety attached to a two-year undertaking, in the Southport Magistrates Court after a 2019 workplace incident left a man with a severe brain injury when he fell through a skylight in the South Burnett.
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Media release
Solar panel installation company fined $55,000 after apprentice falls from ladder
A Redcliffe based solar panel installation company has been fined $55,000 after a hearing in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court last Friday.
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Media release
New films urge rural Queenslanders to be safe around electricity
Five new films launched by the Queensland Government today are aimed at keeping rural communities safe from electrical dangers.
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Ministerial media release
Rural plant code of practice 2004 review
The Office of Industrial Relations is currently reviewing the Rural Plant Code of Practice 2004 (the Code). Consultation closes 5pm, Monday 29 November 2021.
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Media release
Mushroom farm fined $130,000 for workplace incident
A family-run Ballandean mushroom farm and its director faced the Warwick Magistrates Court recently in relation to horrific injuries sustained by a worker in 2019.