A construction company faces over a million dollars in fines after charges were laid by Canberra workplace safety authorities.

WorkSafe ACT has charged a senior manager and the employer, Kenoss Contractors, over the death of 48-year-old construction worker Michael Booth.

Mr Booth died after receiving what was believed to be an electric shock.

His was one of three construction site deaths which prompted the Getting Home Safely report; a damning review of safety awareness in the building sector.

A Kenoss senior manager faces a personal fine of $300,000 and more than $1 million for the company, if found guilty under new nationally-wide work safety laws.

“That will be one of the first charges of that nature in the country we believe under this new legislation,” WorkSafe ACT's Mark McCabe said.

There has been outrage over a separate finding following the death of a man in 2009, who was crushed by a truck-mounted crane he was not properly trained to use.

The 57-year-old man’s employers, Adecco and SITA, were handed the maximum fine of $5000 in the ACT Industrial court.

The man’s daughter says it is a huge injustice.

“It's a done deal they've killed somebody and they get to walk away,” she told the ABC.

ACT's Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker, who imposed the penalty, said she was bound by the limits of law.

“Any penalty I impose will be completely out of kilter with current sentencing practices,” she said.

SITA, one of the employers found responsible, released a statement expressing its regret.

“SITA accepts full responsibility for not complying with its safety obligations in relation to the incident and has worked cooperatively with ACT WorkSafe throughout its enquiry,” it reads.

“Since this incident, SITA has implemented significant improvements to its safety systems.

“These include a number of changes which will ensure that a similar incident never happens again.”