March 2023

Walgett Shire Council

24 March 2023

On 21 June 2018, a worker was fatally injured while working on foot, operating and moving traffic control devices from one side of the road to the other on the Kamilaroi Highway between Cryon and Walgett.

After a SafeWork NSW investigation the defendant, Walgett Shire Council, was charged with a breach of section 33/19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (“the Act”).

On 24 March 2023, the defendant was convicted by the District Court, fined $50,000 and ordered to enter into a Work Health and Safety Project Order pursuant to s 238 of the Act.