On 16 September 2024, a company 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 its primary health and safety duty under section 19(1) of the Act.

On 13 September 2024, an individual who operated a painting business was sentenced in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 11 September 2024, the defendant, Quinton Marcus Vollmerhausen, appeared at the Maryborough Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to an offence under sections 36(2)(a) and 31(1)(b)(iii) of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) (the Act).

On 9 September 2024, a company in the business of producing firewood and its director were sentenced in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court for multiple breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

On 3 September 2024, a licensed electrical worker was sentenced in the Gympie Magistrates Court for breaching the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’) by failing to comply with his electrical safety duty pursuant to section 30. The defendant was further charged and sentenced in relation to three offences of conducting a business or undertaking that included the performance of electrical work whilst not holding an electrical contractor licence.

On 26 August 2024, a worker was sentenced in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’). The defendant worker failed to take reasonable care that his acts or omissions did not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons, and the failure exposed individuals to a risk of death or serious injury.

On 21 August 2024, a mine operator was sentenced in the Maryborough Magistrates Court for failing to discharge their obligations under section 31(e) of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (‘the Act’), having failed to ensure the risk to workers at the mine was at an acceptable level pursuant to section 38(1)(a) of the Act.

On 21 August 2024, in the Southport Magistrates Court, the defendant pleaded guilty to two offences under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

On 16 August 2024 a sole trader roofing contractor was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates court for three contraventions of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. He was sentenced for two category 3 breaches relating to his failure to comply with his work health and safety duties and a further offence of failing to comply with an enforcement notice issued to him as a result of his roofing works.

On 16 August 2024, Mobile Scaffolds Queensland Pty Ltd (‘the Defendant’) was sentenced ex parte in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for a single breach of section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with their health and safety duty pursuant to section 19(2) of the Act.