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Two related companies have been fined $24,000 for twice refusing a union official entry to a worksite to investigate suspected OHS breaches, despite blocking his access on the advice of an Australian Industry Group solicitor.

An employer has been convicted and fined $90,000, plus more than $13,700 in costs, after 1760kg of sheet materials fell on a worker, leaving him a quadriplegic. Meanwhile, a site supervisor and a principal contractor have been fined after an apprentice fell four metres.

• Employer fined over OHS breaches caught on film;
  
• Older worker accused of being workers' comp threat; and
  
• Vic's safest and most innovative employers announced.

An employer has been convicted and fined for breaching OHS laws in allowing one of its directors to repeatedly bully a worker for nearly three years. Meanwhile, a company has been convicted and fined after its CEO and others pretended they'd never seen, let alone employed, a workers' comp claimant.

• EPA, compensation and safety Bills progress in Vic;
  
• PCBUs warned after worker killed between vehicles; and
  
• Workplace safety and RTW winners announced in Qld.

• Employer fined $175k for fatal traffic management breach;
  
• PCBU faces up to $1.62m in asbestos fines;
  
• Prohibition notice demanded after second Opera House scare; and
  
• Alerts issued after death, and to prevent asbestos imports.

• Repeat OHS offender fined for corroded walkway; and
  
• Worker wins $60k for pre-maternity-leave redundancy.

Receiving poor legal advice on a safety regulator's powers to request information does not constitute a "reasonable excuse" for defying such a request, a superior court has found in upholding nearly $70,000 in penalties imposed on two companies.

An employer that failed to ensure employees wore hi-vis gear near forklifts in dark conditions has been fined $1.13 million, after a worker was killed.

An employer and its director have been fined a total of $880,000, after their departure from acceptable safety standards for handling heavy materials and construction led to the death of an apprentice.