Case Law - Health & Safety Handbook (Page 8)

Case Law

Inexperienced, untrained worker saws finger with electric planer

Failure to induct contractors delays emergency treatment for injured woman

Poor fleet maintenance and lack of training result in driver’s death

Company with multiple prior convictions fined $300,000

Inadequate guarding on machinery results in contractor injury

Worker crushed by a 500kg mill trolley

Subcontractor is killed after fall from height

Car collides with a mobile elevated work platform

Worker’s arm becomes entrapped in a meat processing plant

First industrial manslaughter conviction in Queensland

Young, inexperienced workers exposed to a dangerous work environment

Two workers suffer serious burns after an incident with hazardous chemicals

Company fined a total of $300,000 for work health and safety failures

Carpenter suffers fatal injuries after a brick wall collapses

Failure to formalise safety procedures contributes to worker injury