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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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by authority- WorkSafe Victoria €2.95m 73 % · 4 cases
- SafeWork NSW €630,921 16 % · 2 cases
- SafeWork NSW / Industrial Court of NSW €282,933 7 % · 1 case
- SafeWork NSW / District Court of NSW €187,170 5 % · 1 case
- NSW Fair Trading – 0 % · 1 case
What for?
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When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | €218,607 |
| 2023 | 2 | €69,524 |
| 2024 | 1 | €56,111 |
| 2025 | 3 | €1.23m |
| 2026 | 2 | €2.48m |
9 cases
25 Jun 2026 Risham Nominees Pty Ltd (Centenary Bakehouse)Centenary Bakehouse: record 3.4 million AUD fine for workplace manslaughter €2.07m
The Supreme Court of Victoria sentenced Risham Nominees Pty Ltd, operator of Centenary Bakehouse, after a guilty plea for workplace manslaughter to a fine of 3.4 million AUD, the highest penalty to date for a single offence under the workplace safety laws of the state of Victoria. During ceiling works at the bakery in Reservoir in August 2021, a worker fell around four metres and suffered fatal head injuries. The company had taken no measures against falls and did not require the use of harnesses that were available, although an independent scaffold would have been reasonably practicable.
For work at height, engineered fall protection such as scaffolding must be planned before work starts; harnesses lying ready without a duty to wear them are not enough.
Fall risks when working at height
- Authority / court
- WorkSafe Victoria
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Workplace-Manslaughter-Bestimmungen des Arbeitsschutzrechts von Victoria (fahrlässiges Verhalten unter Verletzung einer geschuldeten Pflicht mit Todesfolge)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
Original amount 3,400,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Jun 2026.
- WorkSafe Victoria: Bakery fined record $3.4 million for workplace manslaughter (25.06.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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1 May 2026 LiveBetter Services LimitedLiveBetter Services: 675,000 AUD after fatal scalding of an NDIS participant €412,314
Following an investigation by SafeWork NSW, the District Court of NSW fined LiveBetter Services Limited 675,000 AUD for a breach of ss 32/19(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. In February 2022, a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was placed in a bath with excessively hot water, suffered serious burns and died from her injuries.
When bathing people in care, water temperature must be limited by technical means and checked before every bath.
Preventing scalds in care and support services
- Authority / court
- SafeWork NSW
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) ss 32/19(2)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Healthcare
Original amount 675,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Apr 2026.
- SafeWork NSW: Prosecution summaries – May 2026 (LiveBetter Services Limited, 1 May 2026) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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31 Oct 2025 SFS Management (Aust) Pty LtdSFS Management: AUD 500,000 in fines after roof collapse above a cool room €282,933
In October 2022 the roof of an industrial cool room gave way while seven workers were moving equipment on it; they fell around five metres into the cool room. The Industrial Court convicted the company of breaching its health and safety duty with a fine of AUD 480,000 and of breaching s 46 of the WHS Act with a further AUD 20,000, a total of AUD 500,000.
Before work on roofs, load-bearing capacity must be checked and access to surfaces that cannot be walked on must be prevented.
Work on roofs and non-load-bearing surfaces; fall protection
- Authority / court
- SafeWork NSW / Industrial Court of NSW
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- ss 32, 19(1) und s 46 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 31 Mar 2026
Original amount 500,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 31 Oct 2025.
- SafeWork NSW: Prosecutions – October 2025 (SFS Management (Aust) Pty Ltd, 31 October 2025) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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29 Oct 2025 JBS Australia Pty LtdJBS Australia: AUD 330,000 fine after forklift accident €187,170
In July 2022 a 56-year-old worker in the palletising area of a JBS Australia site was struck by a forklift and seriously injured in the leg. Following a SafeWork NSW investigation, the District Court convicted the company of breaching its health and safety duty and fined it AUD 330,000.
Palletising and storage areas need consistent separation of forklift traffic and walkways.
Separating pedestrians from forklift traffic in storage and palletising areas
- Authority / court
- SafeWork NSW / District Court of NSW
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- ss 32, 19(1) Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 31 Mar 2026
Original amount 330,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 Oct 2025.
- SafeWork NSW: Prosecutions – October 2025 (JBS Australia Pty Ltd, 29 October 2025) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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22 Sep 2025 Onkar Group Pty Ltd (Bakeology)Bakeology: 1.35 million AUD after fatigued delivery driver's fatal crash €755,668
The warehousing and logistics company Onkar Group Pty Ltd (Bakeology) was sentenced by the County Court in Wangaratta after guilty pleas to five charges, after a delivery driver died in August 2022 when, twelve hours after starting a night shift, his van ended up in front of an oncoming lorry. He had driven the same 796-kilometre route on 17 nights in a row, mostly in shifts of more than twelve hours without sufficient rest. The company received 1.1 million AUD for reckless endangerment and a total of 250,000 AUD for failing to provide safe working conditions; in addition, the offence must be publicised in an industry publication. Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Employers must set binding maximum working hours, breaks and rest periods for drivers and instruct them on fatigue.
Driver fatigue: shift length, breaks and rest periods
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- WorkSafe Victoria
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic): rücksichtslose Gefährdung, Pflicht zu sicherem Arbeitsplatz, Schutz von Nicht-Beschäftigten, Haftung als Organ (officer)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty pleas.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 22 Sep 2025
Original amount 1,350,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Sep 2025.
- WorkSafe Victoria: Company and director fined $1.43 million after fatigued driver's fatal crash (22.09.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jul 2024 an Australian steel processorAustralian steel processor: 92,000 AUD after three serious hand injuries on bending machines €56,111
The Gippsland steel processor (since renamed) was fined a total of 92,000 AUD (20,000, 32,000 and 40,000 AUD) by the Magistrates' Court in Latrobe after pleading guilty to three charges, and must also pay 15,836 AUD in costs. Between November 2020 and February 2023, three workers suffered serious hand injuries on machines used to bend and roll steel. Among other things, there was no additional activation safeguard besides the foot pedal, no supervision of an inexperienced operator and no working emergency stops and lockouts.
Machines with crushing hazards need working safeguards, regular maintenance and supervision of workers not yet deemed competent.
Machine safety and supervision on bending and rolling machines
- Authority / court
- WorkSafe Victoria
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic): sichere Anlagen, Aufsicht, sichere Arbeitssysteme
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 1 Aug 2024
Original amount 92,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2024.
- WorkSafe Victoria, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 23 Jul 2026 · Direct link
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27 Sep 2023 an Australian car repair garageAustralian car repair garage: 115,000 AUD after fatal crash following 89 hours on call €69,524
The garage, which ran a roadside assistance service as a subcontractor of a motoring club, was fined 115,000 AUD by the County Court in Melbourne after a guilty plea for failing to provide a safe system of work and information or training to protect against fatigue. Both of its breakdown assistance drivers regularly spent 96 hours on call across four days and nights; in March 2018 one of them left the road and died after 89 hours on call and 17 hours of work, and traces at the scene suggested that he had fallen asleep while driving.
On-call duty must be limited by maximum shift lengths and minimum breaks so that employees can rest adequately between call-outs.
Fatigue from long on-call periods and working hours
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- WorkSafe Victoria
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- Arbeitsschutzrecht Victoria: Pflicht zu sicheren Arbeitssystemen sowie zu Information, Unterweisung und Schulung
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 27 Sep 2023
Original amount 115,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Sep 2023.
- WorkSafe Victoria, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 27 Sep 2025 · Direct link
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28 Feb 2023 an Australian construction companyNSW: builder loses licence and is permanently disqualified after fatal scaffold collapse Other
NSW Fair Trading (the consumer and trade regulator of New South Wales) cancelled the contractor licence of the construction company on 28 February 2023 and permanently disqualified it from holding any authority under the Home Building Act 1989 because it was no longer considered fit. This followed a conviction under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 with a fine of 900,000 AUD: in 2019 an overloaded facade scaffold, from which most ties had been removed, collapsed; one worker died and another was seriously injured. Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Scaffolding must be inspected regularly before use; serious health and safety breaches can cost a business its licence permanently, on top of the fine.
Scaffold safety: load limits, ties and regular visual inspections
- Authority / court
- NSW Fair Trading
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), s 62(1)(f) und s 62(g)(i); vorausgehende Verurteilung nach s 32 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 4 Jun 2023
- NSW Fair Trading, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 28 Feb 2025 · Direct link
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9 Dec 2022 an Australian road construction companyAustralian road construction company: 340,000 AUD after fire on a road construction machine €218,607
Following an investigation by SafeWork NSW, the District Court of NSW fined the road construction company 340,000 AUD for a breach of ss 32/19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. In August 2019, a fire or explosion on a road crack sealing machine had caused a worker serious burns to his face, neck and ears.
Road construction machines must be assessed for fire and explosion hazards before use and operated only with effective safeguards.
Fire and explosion hazards on road construction machinery
- Authority / court
- SafeWork NSW
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) ss 32/19(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
Original amount 340,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Dec 2022.
- SafeWork NSW, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2022) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Dec 2024 · Direct link