On 13 May 2025, a tyre fitting company was sentenced in the Mackay Magistrates Court for breaching sections 19 and 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duties.

On 12 May 2025, John Chamberlain (the defendant) was convicted by the Beenleigh Magistrates Court for two offences involving breaching his obligation as a worker under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’).

On 9 May 2025, a metal fabrication company was fined $130,000 in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 8 May 2025, a metal fabrication company was fined $75,000 in the Dalby Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 14 November 2024, the defendant, a construction company, was found guilty, following a five-day trial, of failing to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers engaged by it. On 29 April 2025, the court sentenced the defendant for its offending.

On 24 April 2025, the operator of a poultry farm was sentenced in the Warwick Magistrates Court for breaching sections 19(1) and 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 16 April 2025, a licensed basic scaffolder was sentenced in the Cleveland Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with his primary health and safety duty. The basis of the prosecution was that the defendant failed to take reasonable care that his acts or omissions did not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons, and that failure exposed an individual to a risk of serious injury or death.

On 4 April 2025, a company specialising in designing and installing shade solutions, and its sole director, were sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’). The company pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its primary duty to ensure workers’ health and safety, thereby exposing them to the risk of death or serious injury. The officer pleaded guilty to failing to exercise due diligence to ensure the company complied with its duty, thereby exposing workers to the risk of death or serious injury.

The defendant worked as a vessel master for a company that provided recreational diving activities.

On 30 January 2022, the defendant left ten divers and a dive instructor unattended in the ocean, approximately three nautical miles from shore, at the ex-HMAS Brisbane dive site. The defendant took the divers’ surface support vessel back to shore because another diver was suffering from a serious medical issue, and in doing so the defendant left the other divers at sea unattended for a period of around 30 minutes.

On 31 March 2025, a registered engineer was sentenced in the Ipswich Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with his health and safety duty as a worker, to take reasonable care that his acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons.