Victorian trucking company sentenced for truck safety breaches

A Victorian trucking company has been fined for workplace safety breaches after two truck drivers sustained injuries in separate crashes.

The company pleaded guilty to three violations of the Victorian OHS Act and was fined $110,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Monday.

In June 2022, the company was convicted and fined $490,000 following the death of a tanker driver in 2018.

The court was told the company had a responsibility to ensure its tankers were safe to drive and to develop a system of work to ‘ensure vehicles with reported mechanical defects were not driven until repaired.’

WorkSafe Executive Director of Health and Safety Narelle Beer said it was evident the company did not learn from the previous incident.

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