Due to a fatality caused by attempts to dislodge underground pipe with a chain connected to an excavator, a coal seam gas company (CSG) was convicted and fined. Hence, it led to the arrival of the decision from Industrial Court of NSW to fully implement the NSW safety laws for the coal seam gas industry.
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A legislation was initiated to resume the work health and safety prosecutions by solicitors and to empower jurisdiction in the Local and District Courts to conduct hearing in the Parliament on matters about Work Health and Safety.
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Two cement companies in New South Wales were fined an aggregate of $190,000 for the fatal death of a worker last September 2009.
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A South Australian winery has been fined $68,000 due to a workplace safety breach that caused an employee to loose his leg after amputation.
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A company and its director were prosecuted over a worker's death at Adelaide's desalination plant construction site and both were fined a total of $400,000 plus court costs.
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