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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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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.
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Tingalpa construction given hefty fine for unsafe work practices
A 50-year-old Tingalpa construction company and its director have been fined $90,000 following a 2020 workplace incident that saw a man suffer a traumatic brain injury after a fall from height.
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Ministerial media release
Industrial manslaughter charges laid against MSF Sugar Pty Ltd
The independent Work Health and Safety Prosecutor, Mr Aaron Guilfoyle, has charged MSF Sugar Pty Ltd with industrial manslaughter under the Electrical Safety Act 2002, in relation to an incident near Little Mulgrave in far north Queensland in July 2019.
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Unlicensed electrical contractor fined $16,000
Using Facebook to advertise an air-conditioning installation business over the summer of 2018/19 may have been the undoing for an unlicensed electrician who was recently fined $16,000 in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.