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:
- included an effective risk assessment of the work, including risk presented by working in wet weather conditions on a new iron roof;
- 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
- included provision of effective and consistent training and supervision that was necessary to protect workers from a fall from height.
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