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Waste transfer and recycling business fined $140,000 for fatality
A waste transfer and recycling business has been fined $140,000 after a worker died while operating the onsite shredder which was used to process waste material.
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Townsville business and director fined over trailer collapse in spray painting booth
A steel fabrication business and a director have been fined a total of $92,500 in the Townsville Magistrate court for a workplace incident involving a trailer collapsing while a worker was prepping it in an onsite spray-painting booth.
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Diving fall at aquatic centre leads to $125,000 fine
A fine of $125,000 has been handed to a local government after a serious accident at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Southport left a four-year-old girl with fractures to her skull and vertebrae.
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Sparkie fined $10,000 for live switchboard in Sunshine Coast classroom
An electrician has been fined $10,000 after leaving a live switchboard exposed in a classroom placing students who were present at significant risk.
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New code of practice for amusement rides
The Office of Industrial Relations has launched Australia’s first code of practice for amusement device safety.
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Electric shock results in $85,000 fine for aquatic centre
A council run aquatic centre was fined $85,000 in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court following an incident where a worker contacted overhead powerlines with a pool-cleaning tool.
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Pie company fined after worker suffers multiple fractures
A North Queensland pie company has been fined $55,000 after a worker suffered multiple fractures to his left arm while cleaning a tension roller on a conveyor belt, used to move frozen product from the freezer to the packing room at the workplace.
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Hefty fine for house demolition with complete disregard for asbestos laws
A demolition company has been fined $100,000 and a conviction recorded for tearing down two houses in suburban Brisbane using an excavator, without first safely removing asbestos sheeting.