On 10 April 2026, an abrasive blasting company was sentenced in the Cairns 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 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 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 was found guilty after trial.

On 10 April 2026, the defendants (a sole trader running a residential construction business and a foreman for that business) were sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for failing to comply with their duties under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’).

On 27 March 2026, a building company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for four Category 2 offences pursuant to section 40C of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to ensure that it conducted work in a way that was electrically safe. The company’s director was also sentenced for four related offences pursuant to section 55(1) of the Act, having completed electrical work without an electrical work licence.

On 20 March 2026, a company director was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 155(5) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with a section 155 notice requesting information and documents.

On 13 March 2026, a small construction business (‘the Defendant’) 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 4 March 2026, an electrical contracting business was sentenced in the Warwick Magistrates Court for breaching section 192(2) of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), offence to give false or misleading information.

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 18 February 2026, a commercial tour company was sentenced in the Mackay Magistrates Court for breaching section 23 of the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 29 January 2026, an individual was sentenced in the Holland Park Magistrates Court for failing to comply with two health and safety duties relating to asbestos work on a roof, contrary to section 33 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’).

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.