Tag: Regulator Enforcement
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Contractor fails to control risks at height on supermarket roof
A Contractor performing works on Portland SafeWay store roof plead guilty last week after failing to implement controls to reduce or eliminate the risk of injury or death to workers occurring from a fall from height.
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Harris Scarfe convicted of negligence after the death of a shopper – 2007
Majort South Australian retailer, Harris Scarfe Australia Pty Ltd, was convicted and fined more than $20,000 in 2007 after an 89 year old woman suffered serious leg injuries in an incident while shopping at the flagship Rundle Mall store in 2005.
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Coles found in breach of the OHS Act
Coles was fined $170,000 in damages after the Industrial Court of New South Wales found they had breached the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) by failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of its employees at work in relation to two workers who fell through a suspended ceiling onto conrete below.
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Fatal incident at Hopi Hari theme park
February 24 2012, at Hopi Hari theme park in São Paulo, Brazil, a 14-year-old girl was killed after falling 80-90 feet from a drop tower named “La Tour Eiffel”. According to early reports from witnesses, the girl fell forward as the car was in free fall, the incident calls into question the safety management of…
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Victoria: 5 deaths in 11 days
Within a horrific 24 hour period two workers had died, one was missing (later found dead) and another had been transported to hospital with life threatening injuries. The recent incidents bring Victoria’s workplace death toll for the year to 21, with five of those occurring within an 11 day period.
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Intimidating inspectors comes at a cost
December 13, at the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court two men who assaulted, threatened and intimidated WorkSafe (Victoria) inspectors pleaded guilty to charges of inspector assault & intimidation. The two men, one a director and the other an employee of a Melbourne based construction company were separately convicted and fined $2,000 and sentenced to six months imprisonment,…