Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 34D

34D Industrial manslaughter—senior officer

(1) A senior officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking commits an offence if—

(a) an individual to whom the person has a health and safety duty—

(i) dies; or

(ii) is injured and later dies; and

(b) the senior officer’s conduct causes the death of the individual; and

(c) the senior officer is negligent about causing the death of the individual by the conduct.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 years imprisonment.

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a crime.