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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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- Food and agriculture €15.4m 25 % · 21 cases
- Retail and e-commerce €10.8m 18 % · 12 cases
- Other €8.58m 14 % · 16 cases
- Construction and real estate €7.27m 12 % · 22 cases
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals €5.75m 9 % · 6 cases
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €3.63m 6 % · 10 cases
- Steel and metals €3.07m 5 % · 15 cases
- Energy and utilities €2.71m 4 % · 7 cases
- Healthcare €1.78m 3 % · 5 cases
- Transport, logistics and shipping €1.09m 2 % · 5 cases
- 3 more€707,344
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | €218,607 |
| 2023 | 13 | €3.55m |
| 2024 | 18 | €12.6m |
| 2025 | 30 | €10.7m |
| 2026 | 61 | €33.7m |
124 cases
18 Jun 2024 a major US online retailerUS online retailer: 5.9 million USD – undisclosed productivity quotas in two warehouses (Warehouse Quotas Law) €5.51m
The online retailer did not inform employees at two warehouses in Southern California in writing of the productivity quotas that applied; the authority regarded the peer-to-peer rating system used as a quota within the meaning of the law, which prohibits quotas that prevent breaks, toilet visits or compliance with health and safety. For 59,017 violations between October 2023 and March 2024, the Labor Commissioner’s Office imposed 5,901,700 USD.
Disclose performance metrics for employees, and do not let them effectively prevent breaks – even when they come in the guise of peer ratings.
Making productivity quotas and break rights transparent (managers)
- Authority / court
- California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- California Warehouse Quotas Law (AB 701, Labor Code §§ 2100 ff.); Labor Code § 2699(f)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
Original amount 5,901,700 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2024.
- California DIR, Medienraum (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 18 Jun 2026 · Direct link
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17 Sep 2026 China Power International Development Limited, Towngas - China Power (HK) Integrated Energy Company Limited, A. Kourage Limited u. a. (4 Unternehmen)Fatal electric shock at Science Park: four companies pay 3,137,250 HKD €348,309
On 17 September 2026 the Shatin Magistrates' Courts (a Hong Kong magistrates' court), on prosecutions brought by the Labour Department (Hong Kong's labour authority), fined four companies for breaches of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations, the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Electricity) Regulations and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations (Hong Kong workplace safety rules). The case concerned a fatal accident on 10 September 2023 at Hong Kong Science Park, in which a worker received an electric shock while carrying out electrical work. China Power International Development Limited and Towngas - China Power (HK) Integrated Energy Company Limited pay 908,000 HKD each, A. Kourage Limited 904,250 HKD and Skynet Engineering Company Limited 417,000 HKD, 3,137,250 HKD in total.
In electrical work several companies involved can be criminally liable at the same time – workplace safety must be coordinated among all parties.
Electrical safety in installation and construction work
- Authority / court
- Shatin Magistrates' Courts, Hongkong (Anklage: Labour Department)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations; Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Electricity) Regulations; Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026
Original amount 3,137,250 HKD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Sep 2026.
- HKSAR Government (Labour Department): Contractors fined for violation of safety legislation (17.09.2026) Press release of an authority
- Labour Department: Press Releases (Liste) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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16 Sep 2026 Hillbeck Homes (Sowerby Bridge) LtdDeveloper pays £300,000 after agency worker falls through unprotected stairwell opening €349,895
A 24-year-old labourer working as a temporary worker for a scaffolding company fell, in his second week of work on the developer's housing site, through a stairwell opening that was neither securely covered nor guarded, dropping one storey onto concrete and suffering serious spinal injuries. The court found the company guilty on three counts because it had neither adequately planned nor supervised work at height and had not taken suitable measures to prevent falls. Fine of £300,000 plus costs. The company is a micro-enterprise with fewer than 10 employees.
Floor openings on construction sites must be covered with load-bearing covers or guarded at all times – new and temporary workers in particular do not know where the hazards are.
Fall protection at openings; induction of new workers
- Authority / court
- Leeds Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 21 Sep 2026
Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Sep 2026.
- Construction company fined after 24-year-old father falls through unprotected stairwell opening (HSE) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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14 Sep 2026 Fire Protection Recycling LimitedFire extinguisher explodes fatally during recycling – 40,000 GBP fine €46,730
While decommissioned powder extinguishers were being discharged in Oldbury in 2023, a cartridge-type extinguisher exploded and struck a 37-year-old employee on the head, fatally injuring him. There was no risk assessment, no safe system of work, no suitable storage and no restraint system for discharging; the recycling business (20 employees according to its annual accounts) was fined 40,000 GBP plus 17,034.25 GBP in costs.
Carry out a documented risk assessment even for routine work with pressurised containers and provide technical restraints – experience is no substitute for a safeguard.
- Authority / court
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026
Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Sep 2026.
- Fire extinguisher recycling company fined after 'thoughtful and kind' man killed at work (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Fire Protection Recycling Limited (07249428) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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4 Sep 2026 Samworth Brothers LimitedSamworth Brothers: £594,000 after two workers scalded at steam line €691,518
At the Kettleby Foods plant in Melton Mowbray, an employee and a contractor were scalded with hot water while replacing a leaking gasket on an isolation valve of a steam line (burns to 4–5 % and 9 % of their body surface respectively). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the task had neither been assessed nor documented as a safe system of work, isolation and lock-off procedures had not been applied, fall protection was missing and supervision was inadequate. Following a guilty plea, a fine of £594,000, plus £6,000 compensation for the injured employee, costs and a victim surcharge.
Maintenance on steam and pressure lines requires a written isolation and lock-off procedure that is supervised on site.
Isolating and locking off equipment during maintenance (lockout/tagout)
- Authority / court
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 16 Sep 2026
Original amount 594,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Sep 2026.
- Food manufacturing giant fined £594,000 after two workers scalded at Melton Mowbray site (HSE) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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4 Sep 2026 In Construction LimitedHong Kong: HKD 640,000 fine for In Construction after fatal crane accident €70,237
In Construction was fined HKD 640,000 for breaches of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the regulations on lifting appliances and safety management. On a foundation construction site in Tai Po on 30 September 2025, a female worker had been trapped between the rear end of a slewing crawler crane and the railing of a steel platform and later died.
A crane's slewing zone must be cordoned off, especially on confined platforms where railings create a crushing point.
Securing the danger zone of slewing cranes
- Authority / court
- Shatin Magistrates' Courts, Hongkong (Anklage: Labour Department)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance; Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Lifting Appliances and Lifting Gear) Regulations; Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 4 Sep 2026
Original amount 640,000 HKD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Sep 2026.
- Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation (4 September 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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3 Sep 2026 B&Q LimitedB&Q: publicly named for minimum wage underpayment of 4,530 workers €530,980
In the 24th naming round of the National Minimum Wage scheme, B&Q was listed first: the company had underpaid 4,530 workers by a total of £456,934.72 (period according to the list: 15 May 2020 to 31 March 2025). Named employers had to pay the arrears and additionally received penalties whose amount per employer is not published (around £7m for the whole round). The amount is the arrears ordered to be repaid, not a fine.
Minimum wage errors in payroll quickly affect thousands of workers and are made public.
Minimum-wage-compliant payroll
- Authority / court
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade / Fair Work Agency (Ermittlung: HM Revenue and Customs)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 3 Sep 2026
Original amount 456,934.72 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Sep 2026.
- DBT/Fair Work Agency: Nearly 660 employers announced as failing to pay the minimum wage (03.09.2026) Press release of an authority
- Round 24 Naming Publication Spreadsheet (Liste der benannten Arbeitgeber) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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3 Sep 2026 SSM Investments LimitedTakeaway operator SSM Investments: 90,000 NZD penalty for worker exploitation €45,501
The restaurant and takeaway business with branches in Auckland and Cromwell did not pay five employees the minimum wage, denied holiday, public holiday and sick pay, made unlawful deductions from wages and kept no accurate wage, time and leave records. After the Employment Relations Authority (ERA, New Zealand's employment tribunal) had already ordered arrears of 147,001 NZD, it imposed a penalty of 90,000 NZD against the company following an investigation by the Labour Inspectorate (labour standards enforcement unit of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment). Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Minimum wage, holiday pay and proper time records are mandatory.
Minimum wage, holiday pay and permissible wage deductions
- Authority / court
- Employment Relations Authority (Verfahren des Labour Inspectorate, MBIE)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- The company acknowledged its wrongdoing.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 3 Sep 2026
Original amount 90,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Sep 2026.
- Employment New Zealand (MBIE): Restaurant and owner fined $130,000 for exploiting workers (03.09.2026) Press release of an authority
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1 Sep 2026 PPS Metal Recycling LtdScrapyard: £40,000 fine after metal pile collapses on father and son €46,699
In February 2025, a pile of scrap collapsed on a father and his son at the metal recycler's site while an excavator had been working near them for around 20 minutes; one of them suffered a broken leg. Pedestrians were separated neither from machinery nor from unstable stockpiles, even though there had been a near miss involving the same excavator shortly before. Fine of £40,000 plus £6,181 costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2025, the company had around 18 employees.
Companies that allow customers or visitors onto a site with machinery must physically separate pedestrians and vehicles and treat near misses as a warning sign.
- Authority / court
- Grimsby Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- Under 50
- Mitigating circumstances
- After the accident, a separate unloading zone, signage, supervised procedures and fenced-off walkways were introduced.
- Published
- 2 Sep 2026
Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Sep 2026.
- Scrap yard fined after father and son injured by collapsing metal pile (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag PPS Metal Recycling Ltd (07991359) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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27 Aug 2026 Maple Lodge Farms Ltd.Poultry processor Maple Lodge Farms: CA$500,000 after CO2 leak without gas detection system €309,578
In March 2024, a CO2 hose on a vacuum mixer ruptured in the deli area of the plant in Brampton; around 16,000 pounds of carbon dioxide escaped and one worker suffered life-threatening injuries. There was no CO2 sensor with an alarm. Following a guilty plea, a fine of CA$500,000 plus a 25 % victim fine surcharge.
Wherever refrigerant or inert gases are used in quantity, a gas detection system is part of the basic equipment.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Brampton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(2)(h) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; permanently installed CO2 sensor after the incident.
- Published
- 27 Aug 2026
Original amount 500,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Aug 2026.
- Carbon Dioxide-Related Injury Results in $500,000 Fine for Brampton Food Manufacturer (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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27 Aug 2026 Flower bulb business failed to disclose hours of Polish seasonal workers – fine of around 95,600 EUR €95,588
A lily and tulip grower with an average of around 50 (at peak 75) employees, where Polish migrant workers are employed (anonymised in the judgment), was unable to produce sufficient records of hours worked and wages paid for 18 employees for September 2020 to February 2021. The Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid) imposed 118,000 EUR in 2024 (112,100 EUR after objection); the North Netherlands District Court (Rechtbank Noord-Nederland) reduced the fine to 95,587.50 EUR, partly because of measures taken and excessively long proceedings.
Companies employing seasonal workers must be able to document hours and wage payments for each person without gaps – missing records are fined separately for each employee.
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Noord-Nederland (Bußgeld: Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid / Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Art. 18b Abs. 2 Wet minimumloon en minimumvakantiebijslag (Wml)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Mitigating circumstances
- Reduction of 12.5 % for appropriate measures, 5 % for delay and 2,500 EUR for exceeding the reasonable length of proceedings.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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25 Aug 2026 ExxonMobil Chemical LimitedExxonMobil Chemical: 267,000 GBP for five hydrocarbon leaks at Fife ethylene plant €312,098
Between February 2018 and September 2019, five leaks of highly flammable hydrocarbons occurred at the Mossmorran major hazard site (COMAH upper tier), all caused by corrosion under insulation; around 82 tonnes escaped in one leak. During a routine inspection in May 2019, inspectors of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) smelled escaping gas – the company had known about this leak for around four months and had continued production without additional precautions. The inspection arrangements for insulated pipework were inadequate; fine of 267,000 GBP.
Recurring damage patterns must change the inspection concept – visual inspections from the ground are not sufficient for insulated pipework.
- Authority / court
- Health and Safety Executive (Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 6(2); Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 33(1)(c)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 26 Aug 2026
Original amount 267,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Aug 2026.
- Six-figure fine for ExxonMobil after five leaks of extremely flammable hydrocarbons at Fife chemical plant Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Aug 2026 Fitnessstudiokette in Amsterdam (anonymisiert)Labour Authority: €316,875 in fines for Amsterdam gym chain €316,875
The Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie (Netherlands Labour Authority) imposed fines totalling 316,875 EUR on a gym chain in Amsterdam that is not named in the release. For 25 foreign workers the required work permit or combined residence and work permit was missing, and for three people identity had not been established (Wav, Foreign Nationals Employment Act, 234,375 EUR); because of deficient records it could not be verified whether the minimum wage had been paid for all hours worked (WML, Minimum Wage and Minimum Holiday Allowance Act, 60,000 EUR), plus a breach of the Arbeidstijdenwet (Working Hours Act, 22,500 EUR). The company also received two warnings that work may be preventively halted if the same or similar breaches recur.
Before anyone starts work, their right to work and identity must be checked and working hours must be fully recorded.
Checking the right to work and recording working hours
- Authority / court
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Wet arbeid vreemdelingen (Wav); Wet minimumloon en minimumvakantiebijslag (WML); Arbeidstijdenwet (ATW)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 24 Aug 2026
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie: Sportschoolketen krijgt ruim 3 ton euro aan boetes Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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20 Aug 2026 IPMF LLC (NaturPak)NaturPak: $364,100 proposed after three deaths caused by bursting kettle lids €311,703
At the food plant in Janesville (Wisconsin), the lids of pressurised industrial kettles opened in February and March 2026, scalding workers with steam and hot liquid; three people died. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a total of $364,100 for both inspections combined, including repeat violations relating to fall protection and lockout/tagout.
After a serious accident, the technical cause must be eliminated immediately – otherwise, as here, a second similar incident may follow.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; 29 CFR 1910 (u. a. Lockout/Tagout, Absturzsicherung, persönliche Schutzausrüstung)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 20 Aug 2026
Original amount 364,100 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.
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20 Aug 2026 Truro Sawmills LimitedCornwall sawmill ignores three improvement notices: 20,000 GBP €23,330
According to the HSE, the sawmill failed to protect employees from wood dust (no face-fit testing for respiratory protective equipment, no health surveillance) and let staff drive lift trucks without training; three improvement notices from the HSE (Health and Safety Executive, Britain's workplace safety regulator) were not complied with. The court fined the company, a micro-entity, 20,000 GBP plus 5,000 GBP in costs.
Treat improvement notices from the regulator as binding deadlines, not recommendations; ignoring them risks a fine.
Lift truck training and protection against wood dust
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Truro Crown Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2(1) und Section 33(1)(g) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 21 Aug 2026
Original amount 20,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.
- HSE, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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20 Aug 2026 Grace Motors Limited (Grace Construction)Grace Construction: 38,500 NZD for working at height despite a prohibition notice €19,586
At a site for two-storey residential units in Kelston (Auckland), workers were working on the upper floor without adequate fall protection, and the site also had temporary platforms, partially removed scaffolding and unsecured ladders; WorkSafe (New Zealand's workplace health and safety regulator) therefore prohibited work at height on the second floor by a prohibition notice on 30 August 2024. Because work continued there on 2 and 4 September 2024 nonetheless, the Waitakere District Court imposed a fine of 38,500 NZD on 20 August 2026, plus costs of 1,099.10 NZD.
A prohibition notice means an immediate stop to the work – site management must actively enforce it until the risk has demonstrably been remedied.
Fall protection and compliance with regulatory stop-work orders
- Authority / court
- Waitakere District Court (Anklage: WorkSafe New Zealand)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, s 107(1), (2)(b)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- The prohibition notice had been issued to one of the directors.
- Published
- 4 Sep 2026
Original amount 38,500 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.
- WorkSafe New Zealand: Company falls short after ignoring WorkSafe notice (04.09.2026) Press release of an authority
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13 Aug 2026 Plattform für Freelancer und neun entleihende Unternehmen (anonymisiert)Labour Authority fines freelance platform and nine hirers €153,300
The Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie (Netherlands Labour Authority) imposed fines totalling 153,300 EUR on a platform for freelancers and nine companies that used it to deploy foreign workers without a right to work in hospitality and education: 146,500 EUR under the Wav (Foreign Nationals Employment Act) (platform 66,000 EUR, the nine hirers 4,000 to 27,000 EUR each, together 80,500 EUR) and 6,800 EUR under the Waadi (Placement of Personnel by Intermediaries Act) (platform 3,400 EUR, two hirers 2,000 and 1,400 EUR). The platform regarded itself merely as an intermediary; based on how it actually operated, the Labour Authority classed it as an employer under the broad Wav definition.
Platforms placing workers can be treated as employers based on how they actually operate and must check the right to work; hirers are liable as well.
Employer obligations of placement platforms and hirers
- Authority / court
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Wet arbeid vreemdelingen (Wav); Wet allocatie arbeidskrachten door intermediairs (Waadi)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie: Freelanceplatform en 9 bedrijven beboet voor illegale tewerkstelling Press release of an authority
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31 Jul 2026 Whitemountain Quarries Limited€1.2m fine for Whitemountain Quarries after fatal roadworks incident €1.2m
At roadworks on the R238 in Donegal in August 2020, one wheel of a car dropped onto the unfinished hard shoulder; when the driver steered back, the car slid on the freshly laid surface and went into Lough Foyle; three occupants drowned and one was injured, and appropriate temporary traffic management was lacking. The company pleaded guilty to breaching its duties towards non-employees under s. 12 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and was fined €1,200,000.
Employers at roadworks in public spaces are also liable for the safety of third parties; signage and guidance measures must remain adequate until the works are finished.
- Authority / court
- Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Authority)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- s. 12 i. V. m. s. 77(9)(a) Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 31 Jul 2026
- HSA: Whitemountain Quarries Limited fined €1.2 million after fatal roadworks incident claimed three lives (31.07.2026) Press release of an authority
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27 Jul 2026 Dairymaster Unlimited Company€400,000 fine for Dairymaster after fatal incident involving milking parlour gate €400,000
In July 2020 a farmer on a dairy farm in County Limerick was fatally injured by a pneumatically operated milking parlour gate designed and manufactured by Dairymaster. The company pleaded guilty to six counts; the court imposed €200,000 each for breaches of s. 16(3) and s. 16(1)(a) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (duties of designers and manufacturers), totalling €400,000, with the remaining counts taken into consideration.
Manufacturers of work equipment are criminally liable for safe design, testing and adequate safety information.
- Authority / court
- Limerick Circuit Criminal Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Authority)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- s. 16(1)(a), 16(3) i. V. m. s. 77(2)(a), 77(9)(a) Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Published
- 28 Jul 2026
- HSA: Dairymaster Unlimited Company fined €400,000 following a fatal workplace incident (28.07.2026) Press release of an authority
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23 Jul 2026 Orchids Builders LLCFlorida roofer: OSHA proposes $349,754 over allegedly repeated lack of fall protection €307,017
According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), inspectors found on 21 January and 10 March 2026 at two residential construction sites in Rockledge that employees of the roofing contractor were working on roofs without fall protection; training records, eye protection when using nail guns and ladders extending sufficiently above the roof edge were also missing. The company had been inspected seven times since 2023, each time with citations for fall protection. OSHA proposed penalties of $349,754 (2 violations classified as wilful, 4 as repeat); the violations are alleged and may be contested.
Companies that allow the same fall hazards to recur after earlier inspections risk classification as a repeat or wilful violation with substantially higher penalties.
Fall protection during roofing work
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- 29 CFR 1926 Subpart M (Fall Protection), Subpart X (Ladders)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
Original amount 349,754 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link