Court Summary - at a glance

Date of offence:
11 March 2019
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Decision:
Convicted and fined
 
Final decision date:
 
Fine imposed:
$13,500

Safety lessons learned:

It was reasonably practicable for Fulton Hogan Limited to have consulted, cooperated, and coordinated activities with Wellington Contracting Limited and Shuttle Express Limited so as to ensure the health and safety of workers and others whose health and safety was affected by work at the Ngauranga Gorge worksite by:

  • having sufficient processes and monitoring in place to identify all other PCBUs who were operating at the Ngauranga Gorge work site
  • ensuring clear communication of safe systems of work and health and safety expectations.

Defendant name:
Fulton Hogan Limited
 
Industry:
Building and construction
 
Date of offence:
11 March 2019
 
Facts in brief:
On 11 March 2019 Mr Joji Bilo was killed at work. He was employed by Fulton Hogan Limited. That night he was working on resealing work of a section of State Highway 1, in the Ngauranga Gorge in Wellington. He was hit by a driverless, runaway heavy truck. He died at the scene.
 
Offence section:
S34 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
 
Date(s) charged:
9 March 2020

Court:
Wellington - District Court
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Final decision date:
 
Decision:
Convicted and fined
 
Fine imposed:
$13,500
 
Maximum fine available:
$100,000
 
Reparation:
Emotional harm - $10,000
Consequential loss - $8,075.06
Costs - $5,000
 
Related Documents:
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Worksafe New Zealand v Fulton Hogan Limited (PDF 311 KB)
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