Case Law - Health & Safety Handbook (Page 5)

Case Law

The $100,000 cost of repeated failure to ensure the use of fall protection

Inspectors find sky-high risks for workers installing solar panels

Company hit with $70,000 fine after worker suffers hit to the head

Apprentice dies in workplace incident after only 18 days on the job

Incident involving a meat mincer lands company in court

Taking on work outside expertise leads to fall

Director found liable for incident despite retiring

Judge finds company ‘invited trouble and created trap’

Worker asphyxiated while working in confined tanker

Company fined $262,500 in relation to truck driver fatality

Company director found personally liable for safety incident

Volunteer worker seriously injured after being struck by a forklift

Apprentice fall is wake-up call for roof plumbing company

Party hire company fined $8,000 after 12-year-old boy injured

Lack of competency and personal protective equipment has painful results