A MAN has been jailed for three months after he provided false information to WorkSafe Victoria and fraudulently obtained more than $7600 in workers compensation payments.
WORKSAFE Victoria has warned the industry about the serious risk to users of a brand of aftermarket respirator filters “Oz Safety Filters”.
LAKESIDE Packaging has been convicted and fined $100,000 as a result of a prosecution over their treatment of two Chinese workers on Section 457 visas.
BOTH a company and the person in charge of a workplace were convicted after a 2003 electrocution death of an employee.
PENRICE Soda has been fined a total of $47,000 for an ammonia leak and a pressure vessel explosion in 2005.
EVISON Grain has been fined $12,500 and convicted for failing to ensure an employee used a fall prevention harness.
HOWARD and Sons Pyrotechnics was convicted and fined in the South Australian Industrial Relations Court over a city fireworks incident in 2005.
SDS Beverages Food and Wine of Irymple has been convicted and fined $200,000 for the death of a forklift driver.
THE NSW Industrial Court has convicted and fined both an employer and a labour hire company for failing to ensure proper training and workplace safety for a contractor.
THE Industrial Court of NSW has convicted a coal mining company and fined it $175,000, highlighting the importance of establishing safe work procedures for non-routine tasks and when equipment fails.