Two companies charged over worker's fall from third-floor balcony
03 June 2026•BlueSafe Team•Source: WorkSafe VIC
REQ Construction Pty Ltd and MAD Group Construction Pty Ltd have each been charged after a 39-year-old worker fell from a ladder while installing a third-floor balcony ceiling.
The worker fell from the ladder onto a balcony below while carrying out the ceiling installation.
Each company faces one charge under section 21(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment.
WorkSafe alleges both companies breached regulation 44(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations by failing to ensure the work was performed using a passive fall prevention device, such as a mobile scaffold.
REQ Construction is also alleged to have failed to ensure such a device was available for use.
Both matters are listed for a filing hearing at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 4 June 2026.
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