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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.
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Truckie fined after teenager crushed in workplace incident
An experienced truck driver has pleaded guilty in the Longreach Magistrates Court to breaching his work health and safety duty over an incident in which a young worker was crushed and spent 18 days in hospital.
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Gold Coast handyman fined $60,000 for unlicensed and dodgy electrical work
After posing as a licensed electrical contractor and doing illegal and dangerous electrical work, a Gold Coast handyman was found guilty of seven charges under the Electrical Safety Act 2002 in the Southport Magistrates Court recently.
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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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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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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.