A workplace supervisor who was initially charged with four counts of manslaughter, in relation to the deaths of four police officers in a road crash, could now be jailed for up to five years for a reckless breach of safety laws, with an appeals court reversing a decision to stay the recklessness case.
A business owner could be jailed for up to five years, after he was charged with reckless conduct relating to a similar incident to one that recently attracted a record WHS penalty. Meanwhile, a train driver who was accused of recklessly using his mobile phone has been sentenced.
A worker has failed to prove on appeal that his employer was vicariously liable for another worker's actions in pointing a gun at his head, which caused his post-traumatic stress disorder.
Two fraudsters, including one who made workers' comp claims against companies that never employed him, have been convicted and ordered to pay back more than $250,000. Meanwhile, an employer has been fined $280,000 after the fatal crushing of a worker in a trapping space it created.
A company that repeatedly placed its workers in danger, including in underwater confined spaces, has been convicted and fined heavily under multiple reckless endangerment charges.
A company has been fined nearly $3 million for workplace safety and environmental breaches, in relation to chemical stockpiling and fire incidents that contributed to the Victorian Government's decision to introduce new recklessness offences attracting jail time.
A worker who crushed his pinky finger at work has been refused damages for "serious" physical and psychological injuries, after secret surveillance footage showed him using his hand without restriction despite his claim he had lost all use of it.
