The CFMEU has questioned how a Grocon subsidiary can be fined just $250,000 over three deaths when the union was fined $1.25 million for "speaking out" on safety issues, while Federal Employment Minister Eric Abetz has accused the union of being "pro-drugs" on Victorian building sites.
Victorian employers have been fined nearly $500,000 after an excavator operator was killed in a landslide, and other incidents, while a man has been fined for obstructing safety inspectors.
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A recent OHS prosecution has driven home the message that regulators are prepared to take action against employers for safety breaches regardless of whether an incident has occurred.
An employer has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $560,000 in damages, after the Victorian County Court found it failed to alter its system of work for a manual handling task.
A Victorian employer has been convicted and fined $375,000 following a series of safety incidents involving poorly guarded machines, while a Western Australian company and its director have been fined after a 13-year-old girl was injured.
A Victorian employer has been convicted of failing to provide documents relating to a suspected OHS breach to the WorkCover Authority (VWA), while several other employers have been fined for neglecting to report injuries to the regulator.
