Stiff penalties for workplace deaths are doing the job

Stiff penalties for workplace deaths are doing the job

Controversial initiatives to curb worker fatalities appear to be effective.Alan Austinreports.

A YOUND SUBSCONTRACTOR was crushed and killed on a factory driveway in suburban Melbourne in 2021, when a forklift carrying a precarious elevated load suddenly tipped over.

Victorias Public Prosecutor thenchargedthe company director with industrial manslaughter, a criminal offence with a maximum p