SafeWork NSW | Toll Transport Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $807,500 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
The proceedings arose from an incident on 20 December 2022, when a worker suffered serious injuries while using a crowbar to dislodge a pallet which was stuck on a conveyor machine.
Toll Transport Pty Ltd plead guilty to an offence pursuant to section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to comply with its health and safety duty to workers under section 19(1) of the Act.
Toll Transport Pty Ltd has the right to appeal against its sentence.