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Benalla Health: WorkSafe Victoria prosecution

criminal conviction16 Dec 2025Penalty $230K

Respondent

Benalla Health

Facts

Public health service operating an aged care facility had no system to assess, maintain and tag recliner chairs used to move residents. In October 2021 a chair back detached and a 93-year-old resident fell, suffering fractures; she died a week later.

Outcome

Benalla Health was convicted and fined $230,000 in the County Court of Victoria (16 December 2025).

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Read the source

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-12/hospital-fined-230000-after-aged-care-chair-failure

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