A heavy vehicle company accepted blame for a low paid employee passing away while he was still learning on-the-job. Marshall Lethlean Industries was recently convicted and fined $600,000 after one of...
Category - LEGAL SPEAK
A multinational resources company confessed to unlawfully causing one employee death at a mine site. A Rio Tinto subsidiary recently pleaded guilty to failing to enforce speed limits, resulting in a...
Former workers cannot postpone enforcement action over a coal mine disaster in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) recently blocked a request to...
A recently departed resources executive is suing his former workplace for substandard employment conditions. Paul Scanlan claims Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) management bullied, harassed and wrongly...
A multinational resources company was sued for allegedly damaging a vital human organ in northwest Queensland. Glencore is defending Brisbane Supreme Court allegations that a toddler developed brain...
A foreign and unqualified craftsman unsafely performed demolition work, a judge ruled. The Brisbane Magistrates Court recently fined a tradesman who allegedly removed asbestos in a way that breaches...
A family business received lighter punishment five years after an outsourced team member permanently lost a limb. Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS) successfully appealed a recent sentence over a...
A worker was not responsible for multiple wounds he suffered when heavy equipment suddenly blew up. Safe Work Australia recently penalised D Caelli Cranes for inadequately protecting employees from...
A mining services company was not worried about a potential avalanche before an employee suffered a fatal fall. Rostered workers were not concerned about the risk of a rock fall the day a scaling...
Authorities are preparing to formally accuse a mid-tier mining company of criminal activity, two years after an employee died from an underground cave-in. The Federal Government plans to charge Unity...
Grieving colleagues and family members want two mining services companies to pay for a workplace death in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Bradley Hardwick might still be alive if a park...
A mining construction company will answer allegations management is responsible for a workplace death. A Kalidonis Group executive is charged with industrial manslaughter over the 2020 death of an...
