On 26 February 2026 the manager and worker of a solar installation company was sentenced in the Gympie Magistrates Court in relation to two charges of breaching sections 40C, 39 and 55 of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’) when he installed an off-grid solar power system on a dwelling at Lagoon Pocket.

On 22 January 2026, a steel supplier, processor and distributor was sentenced in the Mackay 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.

Note: the decision in this matter is the subject of an appeal.
The incident occurred on 18 July 2022 at a warehouse facility in the Bundaberg region. Two of the workers, a licensed forklift driver and boilermaker who had been employed for four years, and a 19-year-old labourer, with no experience in lifting or lifting equipment and in his fifth week of work, were involved in the incident.

On 28 November 2025, a scaffolding 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 21 November 2025, a metal fabrication and welding company was sentenced in the Mackay 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 7 November 2025, a company in the business of steel fabrication and manufacturing was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 40D of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its electrical safety duty pursuant to section 30 of the Act.

On 31 October 2025, a go-karting 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 to other persons. 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 other persons; and the defendant failed to comply with that duty; and the failure exposed an individual to a risk of death or serious injury.

On 31 October 2025, a worker was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for breaching section 99 of the Explosives Act 1999 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having given false or misleading information to an inspector.

On 24 October 2025, a company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for two offences of breaching section 43(1)(a) of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with the Act, to the extent that it related to the work conducted by the company.

On 15 October 2025, an operator of an open-cut coal mine was sentenced in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court for breaching section 34 of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) (‘CMSH Act’), having failed to ensure that the risk to coal mine workers while at the mine was at an acceptable level as required by section 41(1)(a) of the CMSH Act. The defendant was fined $80,000 and no conviction was recorded.