Vic employers fined more than $17 million for workplace safety violations in 2025

WorkSafe Victoria has disclosed that in 2025, it carried out 137 prosecutions and enforceable undertakings.

Victorian employers were fined a cumulative total of $17,391,325 by WorkSafe for non-compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Dangerous Goods Act.

WorkSafe indicates that the construction industry faced 64 prosecutions (64), with manufacturing following at 30, and transport, postal, and warehousing at 8.

WorkSafe Chief Health and Safety Officer Sam Jenkin said the focus highlighted the areas where the greatest risk of harm was expected to arise.

“Construction remains Victoria’s deadliest industry with 69 fatalities in the last five years, largely due to preventable falls from height, but we also continue to see significant workplace harm in both the manufacturing and transport sectors,” Mr Jenkin said.

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