November 2015 Worker's stunt ends in employer's prosecution On 9 December 2014, HOA Australia Pty Ltd operated an importer and wholesaler business, which employed about 30 workers.
November 2015 Poorly constructed scaffolding results in injury A scaffolder located in Perth failed to take reasonable care in erecting a scaffold. Mr Allen, an employee of the scaffolding company, added a third lift to the steel-framed and steel-planked scaffold that had previously been erected around the building site.
November 2015 Business fined $600,000 for failing to provide a stability book Thiess Services Pty Ltd, a Melbourne-based construction company, was engaged by Melbourne Water to undertake conservation and maintenance works along the Patterson River. To do the work, Thiess Services built and operated a barge that was designed to carry approximately 5 tonnes.
October 2015 Workers injured after following unsafe work procedures Dotmar EPP Pty Ltd engineers plastic products using machine tools, such as routers and lathes, to assist with cutting and drilling. Two of Dotmar’s workers were injured when they followed company procedures that sought to override many of the safety procedures required to operate the machinery.
October 2015 Union requests right of entry injunction The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) and three of its union organisers commenced proceedings against JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd (JKC).
September 2015 Australian Defence Force fined $220,000 On the night of 20 October 2009, a special forces soldier received a fatal gunshot wound to the head, while another was injured during a military training exercise conducted by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at the Cultana Range Training Area in South Australia.
September 2015 Coronial inquest into labourer's electrocution In February 2012, 20-year-old Jason Jon Garrels, employed by Daytona Trading, was electrocuted while holding a temporary construction switchboard, which was being erected to comply with an electrical safety notice.
September 2015 Company and director fined for illegal dumping of waste Between 2010 and 2012, Alcobell Pty Ltd regularly transported and deposited about 6,500 tonnes of waste containing asbestos on three rural properties, one of which was owned by the company’s director, Mr Campbell.
September 2015 Company penalised for environmental offences Hunter Valley Energy Coal Pty Ltd (HVEC) operates the Mount Arthur coal mine (Mt Arthur Coal Complex), an open-cut coal mine near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley.
August 2015 Failure to implement a traffic management plan Resource Recovery Victoria Pty Ltd diverts recycling material from landfill for businesses in the building, construction, demolition, excavation, bobcat, tipper, bin and skip industries.
August 2015 Worker suffers arm amputation from unguarded machine Laurent Boulangerie Pty Ltd (Laurent) is a bakery involved in the manufacture, retail and wholesale of French food products.
August 2015 $10,000 fine for failing to replace lid on pit Robert W Gill & Sons Pty Ltd (Robert W Gill) is a Victorian plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractor. In May 2014, a number of Robert W Gill’s plumbers were attending to a water leak at a Melbourne shopping arcade when they forgot to replace the lid on a pit they were working in.
July 2015 Failure to implement safe management systems Bulga Underground Operations Pty Ltd (Bulga) is in the coal mining industry. In August 2010, Mr Newstead, a worker, was changing the picks on a shearer’s cutter drum when a slab of coal fell from the exposed roof above the drum and struck him, causing serious injury.
July 2015 Worker's first day results in injury Elite Concrete Pumping Pty Ltd (Elite Concrete) is a concrete work contractor. Elite Concrete supplied a 17-year-old worker to the building company Bellard Pty Ltd to work on one of their building sites in South Australia.
July 2015 Inadequate traffic management plan leads to fatality City Circle Recycling Pty Ltd (City Circle) is a demolition, excavation and recycling business in Victoria. In December 2012, a City Circle worker was working as a load inspector in a tipping area when he was killed by a front-end loader that reversed over him.