Court Summary - at a glance

Date of offence:
31 January 2022
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Decision:
Convicted
 
Final decision date:
 
Fine imposed:
Starting point at $550,000 – following discounts of 45%, final fine set at $302,500.

Safety lessons learned:

It was reasonably practicable for the defendant to have developed, implemented, maintained, and instructed workers, namely Josh Masters, on an effective safe system of work for working under the raised boom of the Wheel Loader by ensuring, before work was done, that the crowd ram linkage connecting pin was removed or the boom was otherwise effectively supported.