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Jail sentence and record fine against reckless employer sets benchmark for WHS prosecutions

By Sophie Goodall | 12/03/2019

A photograph of a person placing a tile down on top of other tiles. Only his right hand forearm and parts of his knee can be seen. To his right is a hammer that sits in the middle of the image.

In the first charge of reckless conduct to be successfully tried under the harmonised work health and safety legislation, a director of a Queensland roofing company has been sentenced to…