Offences and penalties report - case studies

These examples show how poor management can cause injury and result in substantial costs to the business.

• Mitchell Shaw
  Untrained young driver crashes fork-lift into wall, injuring three-year-old.
• Paul Robinson
  Welding work ignites leaking gas vapour and four employees suffer burns.
• Joseph McEvoy
  Labourer dies after falling through fragile roof.
• Jason Lesaux
  Builder falls three floors to his death in renovated house because no edge protection supplied.
• John Gilroy
  Employee suffers fatal burns while cleaning bitumen tanker with kerosene.
• Lawrence Atkinson
  Scaffolder at steel works dies after falling into hot metal pit. Contractor had ignored safety advice after previous accident.
• Graham Walton
  Casual worker permanently disabled by fall, where safety cage should have been used.