On 9 April 2024, a company director pleaded guilty to a ‘Category 2’ offence contrary to s.32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the WHS Act’).

On 9 April 2024, a corporation pleaded guilty to a ‘Category 2’ offence contrary to s.32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the WHS Act’).

On 4 June 2024, the owner of a business pleaded guilty to a ‘Category 2’ offence contrary to s.32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the WHS Act’).

On 31 May 2024, a construction company was sentenced in the Redcliffe Magistrates Court for breaching section 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 13 May 2024, the defendant company, who supplies liquified petroleum gas to residential and commercial premises, pleaded guilty to two offences under section 708A of the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (the Act).

On 13 May 2024, an asbestos removal company was sentenced in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court for three breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’) (committed between 1 September 2021 and 11 September 2021). The defendant was charged with two breaches of section 33 of the Act, having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty to both workers and other persons, and one breach of section 43(2) of the Act, having allowed a worker to carry out work they were not authorised to carry out.

On 1 May 2024, the defendant was sentenced in the Southport Magistrates Court for failing to comply with an individual duty (as a worker) to take reasonable care that their acts or omissions did not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons, and by failing to comply with that duty, thereby exposing an individual to a risk of death or serious injury.

On 23 April 2024, a worker was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for threatening or intimidating an inspector contrary to section 190 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

On 19 April 2024, an aluminium production company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 17 April 2024, a long-standing director of a company engaged in the business of manufacturing and supplying bakery products was sentenced in the Townsville Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to failing to exercise due diligence over a period of 18 months to ensure that the company complied with its health and safety duty, thereby exposing workers to the risk of death or serious injury.