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Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
7 July 2016
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$240,000
Safety lessons learned:
- Ensure that a competent person conducts an effective risk assessment of the block moulding machine and lifting trolley.
- Install suitable guarding on the block moulding machine.
- Develop and implement a safe system of work for the block moulding process.
- Provide plant that was safe for workers to use by ensuring the lifting device was safe to transport 5 metre high blocks.
Defendant name:
Expol Limited
Industry:
Manufacturing
Date of offence:
7 July 2016
Facts in brief:
A worker sustained crushing injuries while working at a polystyrene manufacturing plant. A block weighing more than 132kg fell on the worker while he was transporting the block on a trolley.
Offence section:
Sections 48(1) and 2(c), and 36(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Date(s) charged:
Court:
Auckland - District Court
Plea:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Convicted
Fine imposed:
$240,000
Maximum fine available:
$1,500,000
Reparation:
$40,000 for emotional harm
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