June 2023
Force Fire & Safety Pty Ltd
23 June 2023
On 16 September 2019 a truck driver was fatally injured when two long lengths of pipe, weighing approx.190kg each, fell from the side of a semitrailer and hit him on the head at Moorebank.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, Force Fire & Safety Pty Ltd, was charged with a breach of 32/19(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 23 June 2023, the defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $300,000.
Craig Arthur Pty Ltd
23 June 2023
On 16 September 2019 a truck driver was fatally injured when two long lengths of pipe, weighing approx.190kg each, fell from the side of a semitrailer and hit him on the head at Moorebank.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, Craig Arthur Pty Ltd, was charged with a breach of section 46 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 23 June 2023, the defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $45,000.
N. Moit & Sons (NSW) Pty Ltd
16 June 2023
Following an investigation in 2021, SafeWork NSW concluded that between January 2014 and April 2021, the defendant N.Moit & Sons (NSW) Pty Ltd, had failed to take a number of reasonably practicable measures to minimise the risk of respirable crystalline silica dust inhalation for workers involved in crushing masonry waste.
The defendant was charged with a breach of section 33/19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 16 June 2023, the Defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $75,000.
G & Z Form Group Pty Ltd
2 June 2023
On 29 April 2020, a 36 year old senior crane operator and dogman was injured when he fell approx. 2.9 metres through an inadequately protected penetration on a formwork deck in Belrose.
After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, G & Z Form Group Pty Ltd, was charged with a breach of section 32/19(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
On 2 June 2023, the defendant was convicted by the District Court and fined $100,000.