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Australia | Company fined $90,000 after two workers put at risk of wall display collapse

Antonia Maddocks

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Various sunglasses in different colours and shades on a wall stand display in a shop

SafeWork NSW | The Danebritt Group Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $90,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.

The proceedings arose from an incident on 24 November 2022, when two workers were placed at risk while stocking a newly installed sunglasses display cabinet that was only partially affixed to a wall.

The Danebritt Group Pty Ltd plead guilty to an offence pursuant to section 33 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) for failing to comply with its health and safety duty to persons other than workers under section 19(2) of the Act.

The Danebritt Group Pty Ltd has the right to appeal against its sentence.

– Accurate at time of publication | December 2025

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