On 5 September 2025, a director of a chemical processing plant (‘the Company’) was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed, as an officer of the Company, to exercise due diligence to ensure that the Company complied with the primary duty of care it owed.

On 2 September 2025, a local government entity was sentenced in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’).

On 28 August 2025, a sugarcane farming corporation was sentenced in the Bundaberg 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 25 August 2025, a fabrication company was sentenced in the Townsville 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 12 August 2025, a sole trader was fined $7,000 in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court for two offences relating to electrical licencing. The defendant contracted for, and performed, electrical work while not the holder of an electrical contractor licence. The defendant also subcontracted his friend ‘A’ and instructed him to perform electrical work knowing that A had never held any type of electrical licence. The offending came to the attention of the investigators when A fell at the workplace and tragically succumbed to his injuries. There is no allegation that the defendant’s failures caused A’s death.

On 11 August 2025, a construction company was sentenced in the Southport Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its duty to ensure its workplace was without risk to the health and safety of any person.

On 7 August 2025, a manufacturer and supplier of stamped metal was sentenced in the Beenleigh 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 6 August 2025, a stormwater treatment manufacturer was found guilty after trial, and sentenced in the Richlands Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

Note: the decision in this matter is the subject of an appeal.

On 1 August 2025, a metal fabrication and welding company was sentenced 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 31 July 2025, a water tube boiler company (‘the first defendant’), its director (‘the second defendant’), and worker (‘the third defendant’) were sentenced in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’).