Greg McCann

Partner | Sydney

Greg is recognised as an expert in work, health and safety (WHS) with over 24 years of experience in private practice in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. He has worked for national corporations in industries including mining, construction, transport, finance, retail, labour hire and oil and gas.

Greg acts on WHS incidents and assists corporations and their officers in achieving safety compliance and best practice solutions to safety management. He delivers seminars and interactive discussions with directors and officers on their WHS due diligence obligations and conducts workplace investigations on reportable incidents and psychosocial hazards arising from the business or undertaking. Greg provides a 24/7 critical incident response service in attending the workplace and managing the response to the Regulator, police, unions and media.

Greg is listed as a leading Occupational Health and Safety Lawyer in Best Lawyers Australia from 2016 to date.

Expertise

Experience

  • Mining Company Advising on an underground coal mining incident in NSW by managing the incident response and responding to a Regulator investigation.
  • Construction Company Advising on a tier one construction site in Sydney and managing an incident investigation and responses to Safework NSW.
  • Diving business Acting in a successful defence of a Safework NSW WHS prosecution against a commercial diving business where Safework withdrew the proceedings.
  • Mining Company Obtaining a Work Health and Safety Undertaking in lieu of a court prosecution for an incident in an underground coal mine where two workers suffered serious injuries.
  • Food manufacturer Acting for a national food manufacturer in Brisbane and successfully defending a WHS prosecution in July 2025.
  • NSW Local Government Advising a local government in relation to psychosocial risks in Council Meetings.
  • Mining Corporation Directors Acting for two Directors of a national mining corporation in the successful defence against WHS proceedings arising from an incident in an underground minerals mine.
  • Directors and Officers Presenting WHS Due Diligence interactive seminars to a number of construction, mining and transport corporations boards and executive teams.