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Industrial Safety Enforcement Tightens Across Construction and Shipbuilding Sectors

Sourced from 3 publications

  • •Perth's AR Constrictions received a record fine after a worker was crushed by a falling steel column at a Malaga building site in July 2024
  • •HD Hyundai faces safety scrutiny following a fatal shipyard accident as the South Korean shipbuilding industry manages an unprecedented order boom
  • •Victoria's labour hire regulator stripped Women in Construction of its license after finding the firm was run by men with criminal records
  • •Australian regulators are demonstrating increased willingness to impose severe penalties and revoke licenses for workplace safety and governance failures

Sources

Record fine for Perth company after worker crushed under steel beam

Theage

HD Hyundai Faces Fatal Shipyard Accident

Businesskorea

Not ‘fit and proper’: Controversial women-only labour hire firm has licence stri...

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