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.

On 14 March 2025, a tyre installation and maintenance company was sentenced in the Richlands 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 March 2025, a freight lines company was sentenced in the Warwick 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. The legal basis for the complaint was that the defendant, as a person conducting a business, had a primary duty of care to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health and safety of its workers; and the defendant failed to comply with that duty; and the failure exposed an individual to a risk of death or serious injury.

The defendant operated a farming business and failed to ensure that one of its tractors was fitted with a seatbelt in contravention of its duty.

On 4 March 2025 the defendant was convicted of two complaints against the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld).

On 24 February 2025, a defendant was sentenced in the Brisbane 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 21 February 2025, a restoration company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.