Court Summary - at a glance

Date of offence:
19 April 2023
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Decision:
Convicted
 
Final decision date:
 
Fine imposed:
$325,000 reduced to $40,000 taking into account the financial incapacity of the defendant.

Safety lessons learned:

The defendant failed to ensure the provision and maintenance of an effective safe system of work for working on the roof which:

  1. included an effective risk assessment of the work, including risk presented by working in wet weather conditions on a new iron roof;
  2. ensured work was not done on the roof beyond the access scaffold until appropriate controls were in place, for example effective edge protection or a harness system; and
  3. included provision of effective and consistent training and supervision that was necessary to protect workers from a fall from height.