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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 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- Schweizerisches Bundesgericht (Vorinstanz: Kantonsgericht Freiburg, Strafappellationshof) €112,865 76 % · 1 case
- Schweizerisches Bundesgericht (Vorinstanz: Kantonsgericht Luzern) €35,028 24 % · 1 case
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| Q3 2025 | 1 | €35,028 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €112,865 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
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| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
2 cases
12 Nov 2025 Fatal fall of trailer chassis: managing director and safety officer convicted €112,865
In 2018, an employee died on the premises of a company (anonymised in the judgment as ‘D. AG’) when a steel lorry trailer chassis weighing around two tonnes fell while being lifted by crane: an unprotected lifting sling tore on a sharp edge, edge protection was missing, the employees had not been trained to keep out of the danger zone of suspended loads, and requirements imposed by SUVA (the Swiss accident insurance fund) in 2013/2014 had not been implemented. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgericht) upheld the convictions for negligent homicide against the managing director (180 daily rates of 410 CHF, suspended) and the safety officer (180 daily rates of 170 CHF, suspended), totalling 104,400 CHF (6B_521/2025, 6B_523/2025).
In Switzerland, managing directors and safety officers are personally criminally liable for occupational safety if crane work is not organised safely.
No standing under suspended loads
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Schweizerisches Bundesgericht (Vorinstanz: Kantonsgericht Freiburg, Strafappellationshof)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Art. 117 StGB (fahrlässige Tötung) i. V. m. Sorgfaltspflichten der Arbeitssicherheit
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Monetary penalties imposed on a suspended basis.
- Liability of senior managers
- Managing director and safety officer personally convicted of negligent homicide.
Original amount 104,400 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Nov 2025.
- Bundesgericht, Urteil 6B_521/2025 vom 12.11.2025 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Sep 2025 Scaffolder left injured undeclared worker without help – Federal Supreme Court upholds sentence €35,028
In February 2020, a scaffolder employed without a work permit fell around 4.5 m from scaffolding; the owner and managing director of the scaffolding company (anonymised in the judgment as ‘A.A. GmbH’) did not call the emergency services despite knowing of the accident, and had employed two Kosovars without permits. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgericht) upheld the conviction by the Lucerne Cantonal Court (Kantonsgericht Luzern): a suspended custodial sentence of 9 months and an unconditional monetary penalty of 80 daily rates of 410 CHF (32,800 CHF), plus a fine of 2,000 CHF that also covers traffic offences (6B_163/2024).
After an accident at work, first aid takes priority over everything else – attempting to conceal illegal employment makes the case more serious under criminal law.
- Authority / court
- Schweizerisches Bundesgericht (Vorinstanz: Kantonsgericht Luzern)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Art. 128 StGB (Unterlassung der Nothilfe); Ausländer- und Integrationsgesetz (Beschäftigung ohne Bewilligung)
- Action
- Custodial sentence
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Owner and managing director convicted personally.
Original amount 32,800 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Sep 2025.
- Bundesgericht, Urteil 6B_163/2024 vom 30.09.2025 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link