Company prosecuted: Boral Building Services
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Accident: A worker fell eight metres from unsecured planks that were placed over gaps in a scaffold he was working on in 1995.
Time from accident to court outcome: two years, five months.
Fine: $20,000
Company prosecuted: McCracken
Accident: The explosives expert in charge of the implosion of the Canberra Hospital which killed Canberra schoolgirl Katie Bender in July 1997.
Time from accident to court outcome: six years, five months.
Fine: $15,000
Company prosecuted: Erindale M
Accident: A child fell off a freestanding chair in 2002. The chair had been placed over an exposed chair post at the Erindale McDonalds. The original chair had been stolen some months before the accident. The child sustained facial injuries.
Time from accident to court outcome: One year, one month.
Fine: $40,000
Company prosecuted: Metal Mart
Accident: A delivery driver was struck and injured when a load fell off a forklift in 2003. The forklift driver did not hold a competency certificate and the company had failed to establish designated work groups.
Time from accident to court outcome: one year, seven months.
Fine: $8300
Company prosecuted:Territory Commercial Roofing, Patrick Skeers and Steven Hart
Accident: A roofer was electrocuted while working on a metal roof in 2003.
Time from accident to court outcome: six years and six months (an appeal was dismissed in the Supreme Court).
Fine: $42,000
Company prosecuted: Craig McFarland and Mark Langbein
Accident: The RAAF aircraft hangar collapse at Fairbairn which injured twelve workers in April 2003.
Time from accident to court outcome: two years, seven months.
Fine: $32,000 ($18,000 each)
Company prosecuted: Legion Roofing
Accident: Legion Roofing was the subcontractor in the RAAF hangar collapse.
Time from accident to court outcome: six years, two months.
Fine: Three separate breaches amounted to a total fine of $251,000
Company prosecuted: Strarch International
Accident: Strarch had the contract to design and construct the RAAF aircraft hangar.
Time from accident to court outcome: two years, seven months.
Fine: $93,750
Company prosecuted: Spantech
Accident: Spantech had the contract for the roof installation at the RAAF aircraft hangar.
Time from accident to court outcome: one year, 11 months.
Fine: $10,500
Company prosecuted: Nexus
Accident: A worker fell off a shipping container while removing light poles stored on top of the container in June 2004. A 60 kilogram light pole fell on top of him.
Time from accident to court outcome: three years, four months.
Fine: $30,000
Company prosecuted: AB Enterprises
Accident: A worker was killed when his tractor rolled off the back of a truck in December 2004.
Time from accident to court outcome: two years, six months.
Fine: $35,000
Company prosecuted: Stavro Dascarolis
Accident: The project manager of a building company allowed workers to use a large parts box on a forklift to install a gas heater high up in a show room in 2004. The box fell off the forklift injuring the workers.
Time from accident to court outcome: 10 months.
Fine: $1500
Company prosecuted: Waco Kwikform and Michael Werahiko
Accident: A scaffolder was exposed to a risk of falling from height as scaffolding was erected at a Civic site in 2004.
Time from accident to court outcome: one year, two months.
Fine: $4000 ($2000 each)
Company prosecuted: Scott Gibson
Accident: The man used a forklift without a certificate of competency in 2005. He refused to pay the on-the-spot fine.
Time from accident to court outcome: Nine months.
Fine: $305
Company prosecuted: Rocla
Accident: A man received serious arm injuries in 2005 when he was pulled into a conveyor belt and could not reach the stop switch.
Time from accident to court outcome: One year, nine months.
Fine: $100,000 (reduced on appeal from $200,000)
Company prosecuted: Tower Scaffolding
Accident: A trainee fell six metres off unsecured scaffolding when railing dislodged in 2006.
Time from accident to court outcome: three years.
Fine: $5000
Company prosecuted: Delta
Accident: The demolition of the Cameron offices in Belconnen spilled onto the street, crushing a parked car in January 2008.
Time from accident to court outcome: four years, one month.
Fine: $10,000
Company prosecuted: K-Form Structural Systems
Accident: A concrete floor collapsed into the basement of the DEWR building in Civic in 2008.
Time from accident to court outcome: three years, four months.
Fine: $15,000
Industrial Court fines in other states – a snapshot
June 2012: A NSW steel and crane company fined a combined $270,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed and later amputated.
December 2012: A South Australian employer fined $76,5000 for letting a worker make his own height safety decisions. The worker fell four metres from a platform balanced on a forklift and broke his leg.
February 2013: Two NSW employers fined $330,000 for failing to provide safe pedestrian zones after a worker was run over by a truck.
February 2013: A Victorian abattoir fined $380,000 after an employer was crushed to death in a cattle knocking box while cleaning it.
Data Source: ACT Worksafe