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Rogue electrician shut down in Townsville
The Electrical Safety Office (ESO) has obtained a court ordered injunction preventing an unlicensed electrical contractor from carrying out further electrical work in Queensland.
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Worker receives suspended sentence after felling apprentice with concrete block in Richlands
A worker who felled another worker by throwing a six kilogram concrete block from a height of six meters, striking the worker on his head has received a four-month jail term, wholly suspended.
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Work safety inspector intimidated over asbestos complaint
A demolition business owner has been fined $5,000 for intimidating a Queensland Government work safety inspector.
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Boat builder fined $140,000 over workplace injuries
A Queensland boat builder has been fined $140,000 after a worker suffered multiple wrist fractures while using a faulty press that had been reported to the company more than a year earlier.
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Company director jailed after worker impaled
A building company has been fined $300,000 and its director sentenced to four months jail after a worker was impaled on an uncapped reo starter bar.
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First individual convicted for industrial manslaughter
At a hearing in the Gympie District Court last week, Jeffrey Owen was sentenced to five years jail over a workplace incident in which his friend was crushed to death by a falling generator being moved from the back of a truck.
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Council fined $75,000 after mower projectile hits school bus driver
A sole director and the company he runs have been fined more than $120,000 for performing unlicensed electrical work in south east Queensland over a number of years.
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Sole director and his company cop huge fines for unlicensed electrical work
A sole director and the company he runs have been fined more than $120,000 for performing unlicensed electrical work in south east Queensland over a number of years.
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Gold Coast property management company fined $60,000 for fall from heights
Using an unsafe temporary elevated platform in a Molendinar warehouse has cost a Gold Coast property management company $60,000 for exposing an individual to a risk of death or serious injury.