12/10/2026
Coldline Refrigeration Management Pty Ltd and director James Megalli have been convicted and fined a total of $164,500 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
The proceedings arose from an incident on 25 October 2022, when five workers suffered serious injuries after falling about 3.6 metres while installing a compressor of an ice machine in the roof space above a cool room when the ceiling collapsed.
Coldline Refrigeration Management plead guilty to an offence pursuant to section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to comply with its health and safety duty to workers under section 19(1) of the Act, and an offence pursuant to section 46 of the Act for failing to consult, co-operate and co-ordinate with SFS Management Pty Ltd, who also held a health and safety duty in relation to the installation.
The company was fined a total of $152,500.
Mr Megalli, who was the sole director of Coldline Refrigeration Management at the time of the incident, plead guilty to an offence pursuant to section 32 of Act for failing to exercise due diligence as an officer of the company under section 27(1) of the Act. He was fined $12,000.
Coldline Refrigeration Management Pty Ltd and James Megalli have the right to appeal against their convictions and sentences.
