Employer found to have adopted a system of work that exposed a worker to significant risk
Mandalay Resources Costerfield Operations Pty Ltd (company) was the owner and operator of the Augusta gold-antimony mine in Costerfield.
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Company sole director and owner found to have engaged in bullying
Monjon (Australia) Pty Ltd (Monjon) was a security services company that provided services throughout Victoria. It was managed by John Bernard Moncrieff, who was a sole director and owner the company, as well as Managing Director and the hands-on manager of the business.
Court considers a restoration order after an injured worker suffers financial hardship
An employer was held liable after its employee fell from heights and suffered from serious injury at a construction site.
Employee in a meat processing facility loses a hand in safety incident
JBS Australia Pty Ltd (JBS) runs multiple meat processing facilities, including a facility located in Brooklyn. This workplace had an area known as the ‘lamb kill floor’ where hanging sheep carcasses moved down a line.
Storeperson subjected to bullying by his manager
Matthew Sallama was the manager for a wholesale nuts company (company). A storeperson under the manager’s supervision worked in one of the company’s storage and packing sheds.
Working at heights: Reduce the risks or pay the price
Aptec Constructions (company) was a building and construction company managed by a single director who was also the company’s sole owner. The company was engaged as the principal contractor for the construction of an apartment complex.
Business trustee liable for fatal incident despite not being present
Glenn Fraser was the trustee for Friosal Enterprises, a duck breeding business. Friosal Enterprises engaged a sole trader who then engaged an assistant to work with the trustee installing winches, at a height of 5 metres, to transport feed and water to the duck livestock in a large housing shed.
Felling a tree; crushing a neighbour's car
Mr McNeill was a sole trader who specialised in tree cutting and stump removal. A demolition company engaged Mr McNeill to remove a large tree from a residential site at which a company was performing excavation works.
Double trouble: Company breaches safety obligations at two worksites
Erfanian Developments (company) developed and sold residential apartments. The company was involved in two construction sites as the principal contractor where both worksites were under the company’s management and control.
Kitchen hand suffers burns from a hazardous chemical
Grey Colt Pty Ltd (Company) operated a commercial kitchen attached to a hotel in NSW. The kitchen was staffed by the sole director of the Company, a general manager, chefs and a kitchen hand.
Company and sole director plead guilty to exposing a worker to a risk of death
Macquarie Milling Co Pty Ltd (MMC) was a company involved in producing stock feed for farm animals. One of MMC’s employees was a mill labourer who operated a chaff cutting machine.
Company fails to consider all available resources to eliminate risks
K & R Fabrications (K & R) was a business specialising in shutdown maintenance services for industrial worksites. At the time of the incident, K & R was tasked with reinstalling four intermediate bearing housings as part of a gearbox overhaul at a shutdown cement mill.
Property management business falls foul of SafeWork NSW
Building Maintenance Unit Service Pty Ltd (BMUS), a company responsible for servicing and maintaining building maintenance units (BMUs), was found to be in breach of its work health and safety (WHS)
Cantilevered rack collapse seriously injures worker
Vehicle Storage & Engineering Pty Ltd (the company) was a vehicle body fabrication business that was also involved in steel fabrication work.
Cavalier attitude to health and safety results in serious injury
A developer engaged MJM Painting Services Pty Limited (MJM) to provide painting and decorating services at a high-rise residential construction site.