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Ability Works Australia Pty Ltd: WorkSafe Victoria prosecution

criminal fine2 June 2026Penalty $190K

Respondent

Ability Works Australia Pty Ltd

Facts

Social enterprise employing people with disability; a legally blind worker using a walker fell down stairs near the upstairs meal room in December 2022 and later died. A near miss with the same worker months earlier had not led to supervision controls.

Outcome

Ability Works Australia Pty Ltd was fined $190,000 without conviction in the County Court of Victoria (2 June 2026). Other orders: Adverse publicity order (publicise offence in an industry publication).

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Read the source

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2026-06/company-fined-after-disabled-workers-staircase-death

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