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Court Summary - at a glance
Section 36
Being a PCBU, having a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the health and safety of workers who work for the PCBU, including [victim], while workers were at work in the business or undertaking, namely while extracting rocks, did fail to comply with that duty and that failure exposed the workers to a risk of death or serious injury.
Particulars
It was reasonably practicable for SWE to have:
- Effectively identified the risks associated with uncontrolled falling trees;
- Had in place a safe system of work that effectively identified the risks of falling trees, including ensuring that identified at risk trees were eliminated.
Section 38
As a PCBU who managed or controls plant at a workplace, having a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the plant is without risks to the health and safety of any person, including [victim], did fail to comply with that duty and that failure exposed workers to a risk of death or serious injury.
It was reasonably practicable for SWE to have:
- Ensured that the plant, namely a ZX 330 excavator, provided to workers at the Mount Hercules Farms quarry site was safe for use, including that the plant had appropriate Operator Protective Structures, in the form of a roll-over protective structure (ROPS) and an Operator Protective Guard (OPG) to protect the operator of the plant in the event of a roll over, or falling objects impacting the cab of the plant.
- Used plant that had appropriate Operator Protective Structures at the site.
Consequential loss – $72,917 made up of $69,317 for partner, $3,600 for son.
Legal costs – $5,824.05
McClimont Diesel report – $5,059.66 (full amount)
Calder Forestry $868.96 (full amount)
Davis Ogilvie report – $,2000
Motovated Limited report – $2,000
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