Case Law - Health & Safety Handbook (Page 18)

Case Law

Worker's first day results in injury

Inadequate traffic management plan leads to fatality

Employer enters into enforceable undertaking after breaching legislation

Failure to ensure safe traffic management

$100,000 penalty for failing to undertake risk assessment

Victorian company fined $50,000 after explosion

18-year-old trade assistant electrocuted

Business fined $90,000 for failing to conduct a risk assessment

Failure to enforce safe systems of work

Worker suffers burn injuries

Invalid assessment by a medical practitioner

Failure to protect a third party from a fall risk

Failure to properly maintain equipment

Worker seriously injured in drum explosion

Failure to ensure the safety of machinery