M Construction has been handed a $350,000 fine after pleading guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment following the death of a 19-year-old worker.
A Perth company has been fined almost $1 million over a teenage worker's death, which the workplace health and safety watchdog says is a record penalty under state laws.
Three companies have been fined $770,000 over an incident that led to a truck driver's death, when the worker was driving along the Great Northern Highway at night.
An air conditioning company and its director will fork out more than $140,000 over an incident where a worker fell from a Balcatta building and suffered serious leg injuries.
WorkSafe Commissioner Sally North says the tragic workplace death of a 19-year-old is a sad reminder of the need for safety producers, as the construction firm was fined $250,000.
A subsidiary of gold miner Westgold Resources has been fined for the second time in 16 months over workplace safety incidents, with the latest fine being one of the largest ever handed down.
The Bennett family-run AMB Consolidated will face charges over a worker's fall at a private farm north-east of Perth, an incident which a contractor has been fined $750,000 for.
Kimberley Quarry was fined $160,000 over a workplace incident that led to a machine operator and an employee falling more than three metres, causing spinal fracture and internal bleeding.
A hay processing company in the state's Wheatbelt region has been fined almost $600,000, after a worker sustained serious injuries including a fractured leg.
A Balcatta machining and heavy metal fabrication company will fork out more than $250,000 over an incident that caused serious injuries to a worker including permanent eye damage.
The state's workplace safety regulator has initiated legal action against mining companies over work fatalities, under new laws which increased the maximum penalty to $3.5 million.
Perth construction firm Apollo Construction & Renovation has been fined $90,000, after an incident in Carine in which an employee fell four metres from a patio roof.
Drilling company Boart Longyear has been fined $385,000 after one of its workers received serious injuries at West Musgrave, just days after two workplace deaths in WA.
A Westgold Resources subsidiary will pay more than $400,000 after a worker's arm was trapped in a conveyor at a processing operation in the state's Mid West.
The first four prosecutions under WA's new workplace safety laws, which lifted the maximum penalty for failing to ensure safety of a worker jump from $625,000 to $3.5 million, have been initiated.
Billabong Gold- owned by Catalyst Metals backed by Gina Rinehart- has been fined half a million dollars over two workplace injuries at a mine in the Mid West.
Fortescue will spend $1.4 million under an enforceable undertaking reached with WorkSafe to address inappropriate workplace behaviours in the mining industry.
WorkSafe has charged two companies over the death of the 23-year-old apprentice who fell 20 metres from a roof under construction at Curtin University in 2020.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has been hit with an $80,000 fine today after three of the company's Pilbara-based workers were exposed to extreme heat without adequate training.
Kununurra-based company Guerinoni Nominees has been fined $230,000 plus costs of $75,000 after being convicted of a safety breach more than five years ago.
State government regulators have commenced an investigation into the death of a 52-year old maintenance worker at the Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.
Chevron is planning a phased shutdown of the production trains at its Gorgon LNG plant after striking an agreement with state government safety regulators.
Chevron may need to temporarily halt production at its Gorgon gas plant after being ordered by government regulators to undertake further inspections and repairs.
