A worker's widow has been denied damages for nervous shock, after a superior court rejected her claim that her husband's employer negligently failed to stop him drinking alcohol at the workplace after hours.
An engineer has been convicted and fined $100,000 for OHS breaches that contributed to a bulk excavation collapsing, forcing the evacuation of neighbouring residents.
Ambulance Victoria has been convicted and fined $400,000 for OHS breaches, after a paramedic with easy access to opioid painkillers died of an overdose.
An employer has been convicted and fined $350,000, after its supervisor left the keys in a skid steer loader and a non-worker was killed in the vehicle. Meanwhile, a contracting company and one of its employees have been fined for failing to ensure the safety of an apprentice, with the employee receiving harsher penalties than his employer.
An employer whose two-key machine system allowed workers to bypass guarding, has been fined after a worker's foot was severed. Meanwhile, a cargo handling facility has become the second of two entities to be fined over a potentially fatal forklift incident, and two companies have successfully pushed for reviews of their prohibition notices.
An employer that failed to ensure a load was lifted with a crane instead of a forklift has been fined $500,000 over a fatality. Another employer has been charged over a fall death, and faces possible multi-million-dollar fines.
Two PCBUs and their directors have been charged with WHS breaches, and face fines of up to $3.6 million, after a teenage worker fell three metres and wasn't provided with immediate medical assistance.
An employer's failure to provide and maintain a safe environment on a weekend retreat for employees led to one worker sustaining third-degree burns to 17 per cent of her body, a court has heard.
A second employer has been fined over guarding breaches that led to an Irish backpacker being scalped and losing an ear, while a scaffolding company has been fined heavily after an apprentice sustained debilitating electric-shock injuries in a no-go zone.
