September 2024
Mennen Construction Pty Ltd
25 September 2024
On 6 September 2021, a worker was seriously injured when he was completing installation of roof flashing and fell approximately 3.4 meters onto concrete at Fairfield.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, Mennen Construction Pty Ltd, was charged with a breach of section 32/19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 25 September 2024, the defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $180,000.
Mark John Khoury
20 September 2024
On 1 July 2021, the wall of a home in Leichardt collapsed into a neighbouring construction site where an excavation/trench had been dug along the boundary.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the director of Buildmark Developments Pty Ltd, Mark John Khoury, was charged with a breach of section 32/27(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 20 September the defendant was convicted by the District Court and ordered to complete a section 241 Training order and section 239 Work Health and Safety Undertaking.
Buildmark Developments Pty Ltd
20 September 2024
On 1 July 2021, the wall of a home in Leichardt collapsed into a neighbouring construction site where an excavation/trench had been dug along the boundary.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, Buildmark Developments Pty Ltd, was charged with a breach of section 32/19(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 20 September the defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $12,000.
JD Projects (NSW) Pty Ltd
16 September 2024
On 25 January 2021, excavation on a property is believed to have undermined the foundations. Workers heard cracking and evacuated. Three floors came away from the building in its north eastern corner at Crows Nest.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, JD Projects (NSW) Pty Ltd, was charged with a breach of section 32/19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 16 September 2024, the defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $180,000.
Jason Reid Stitt
2 September 2024
On 11 September 2019, a worker was standing on the top deck of a mobile scaffold undertaking a task. A ledger he was leaning on gave way and the worker fell approximately 5.7m. The worker sustained fatal injuries.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, Jason Reid Stitt, was charged with a breach of section 32/19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 2 September 2024, the defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $100,000.