Manager fail to ensure safe work environment

Legislation: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) s 26

Maximum penalty: 1,800 penalty units (natural person); 9,000 penalty units (body corporate)

Period: 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2024

Jurisdiction: higher courts

Charges

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Cases

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All outcomes

Males

Females

Aged under 25

Aged 25 to 54

Aged 55 and over

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the higher courts, 19 charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2024. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine (94.7% or 18 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In 13 cases sentenced in the higher courts in the five years to 30 June 2024, manager fail to ensure safe work environment was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case). Among the 13 cases, 4 people were male, 0 people were female and 9 companies were sentenced. The most common outcome for cases was a fine (92.3% or 12 cases).

A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 1**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment
**Number: 19 charges**

Bar graph showing fine amounts for charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 5**: Fine amounts for charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment
**Number: 14 charges**
**Range and median**: The lowest fine amount is $20,000, the highest is $600,000, and the median is $172,500, meaning that half of the fine amounts are below $172,500 and half are above.
**Note**: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 6**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment by financial year
**Number: 19 charges**

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 7**: Number of charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment by financial year
**Number: 19 charges**

Bar graph showing fines amounts each year for charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 10**: Average fine amounts for charges of manager fail to ensure safe work environment by financial year
**Number: 14 charges**
**Note**: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Bar graph showing sentence types for all offenders for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 11A**: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment
**Number: 13 cases**

Bar graph showing fine amounts for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 17**: Fine amounts for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment
**Number: 12 cases**
**Range and median**: The lowest fine amount is $35,000, the highest is $600,000, and the median is $275,000, meaning that half of the fine amounts are below $275,000 and half are above.

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 18**: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment by financial year
**Number: 13 cases**

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 19**: Number of cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment for all people by financial year
**Number: 13 cases**

Bar graph showing age groups of offenders for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 22A**: Ages of offenders (where age is known) for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment
**Number: 13 cases**

Bar graph showing gender of offenders for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 22B**: Gender of offenders (where gender is known) for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment
**Number: 13 cases**

Bar graph showing the number of charges in cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment — **Figure 22C**: Number of charges per case (of any sentenced offence) for cases of manager fail to ensure safe work environment
**Number: 13 cases**