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Australia | Company fined $450,000 after worker injured in forklift incident

Antonia Maddocks

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Two orange and black forklift trucks are parked stationary

SafeWork NSW | Steel-Line Garage Doors Australia Pty Ltd has been fined $450,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.

The proceedings arose from an incident on 10 October 2022, when a worker was seriously injured when they were struck by a forklift.

Steel-Line Garage Doors Australia plead guilty to an offence pursuant to section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) for failing to comply with its duty under section 19(1) of the Act.

Steel-Line Garage Doors Australia Pty Ltd has the right to appeal against the sentence.

– Accurate at time of publication | March 2026

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