Waste management company facing trial after Canberra workplace incident

A waste management company faces a fine of up to $1.5 million after a worker sustained ‘multiple fractures and lacerations’ to his fingers in a workplace incident in Canberra two years ago.

The company faces a single charge under Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) for failing to provide adequate training and a safe system of work for employees.

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions charged the company after a maintenance worker got his hand trapped in machinery at the company’s Hume depot on 4 June 2021.

The case will be mentioned at the ACT Magistrates Court on 20 July 2023.

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