Company and director fined total of $164,500 after five workers fall around 3.6 metres
20 October, 2026The five workers sustained serious injuries when, while installing a compressor of an ice machine in the roof space above a cool room, the ceiling collapsed.
Roof anchor points: getting inspection and recertification right
09 October, 2026 | Supplied by: Height Safety CentralFalls from height numbers have barely moved in a decade, and explain why the roof anchor point deserves far more attention than it usually gets.
Worker ejection from mobile elevated working platform lands company $140K fine
29 September, 2026The incident occurred when a mobile elevated working platform tipped from the back of a truck trailer, leading to serious injuries.
Is operator competency keeping pace with EWP technology?
14 September, 2026 | Supplied by: Elevating Work Platform Association LimitedWhen it comes to workplace safety, it's easy to think of EWP operator competency as a box that can be easily ticked. But competency is not a one-off achievement.
Death of 25-year-old crushed against steel frame leads to $630K in fines
25 August, 2026The worker was in a boom lift to install safety mesh for future roofing works. No spotter was being used and a fitted operator protection alarm was disconnected.
2.8m fall lands building and maintenance company $390,000 fine
24 August, 2026The result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW, the worker fell through a skylight void from one level to another and was seriously injured.
$205K in fines follow six-metre fall from unsafely constructed scaffold
18 August, 2026Two companies and one director have been fined $100,000, $15,000 and $90,000, respectively, after a worker was seriously injured in the approximate six-metre fall.
Mobile elevating work platform training program gets an upgrade
20 July, 2026 | Supplied by: Elevating Work Platform Association LimitedIt's in response to revised Australian Standards for the manufacture and operation of mobile elevating work platforms (AS/NZS 1418.10:2025 and AS 2550.10:2025).
$200K fine follows uncontrolled collapse that trapped two workers
13 July, 2026The two workers were cutting a steel roof truss from a raised scissor lift when there was unexpected structural movement that left them trapped seven metres above ground.
Worker's fall results in record $3.4 million workplace manslaughter fine
30 June, 2026The second prosecution under Victoria's workplace manslaughter provisions has resulted in the largest ever fine for a single offence under the state's workplace safety laws.
Court-ordered men's shed opens in worker's memory
16 June, 2026As part of a court-imposed penalty, a men's shed has opened in Pennington, South Australia, dedicated to the memory of a worker who died when he fell 6.5 metres onto a concrete floor.
$168K+ fine after worker falls attaching shade sail to 5.5 m pole
05 June, 2026An individual has been convicted and fined over an incident in which a worker attaching a shade sail to a pole 5.5 m in height sustained serious injuries in a fall.
$78K fine after temporary guardrail collapse saw worker fall three metres
25 May, 2026After a temporary guardrail collapsed, resulting in a worker falling onto a canopy frame above the ground floor, a construction company has been fined $78,000.
$55K fine after work experience skylight fall results in paraplegia
18 May, 2026After a person on work experience fell more than 3.5 metres through a skylight, resulting in paraplegia, a roofing company has been convicted and fined $55,000.
Young worker's fatal fall lands construction company $150K fine
05 May, 2026A construction company has been convicted and fined after a 23-year-old worker fell three metres through an unprotected stair void to the concrete floor and later died.
