Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
16 March 2017
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$100,000
Safety lessons learned:
- Adequately assess the risks the void poised to workers;
- Ensure that the void was blocked off or installed a swing-gate;
- Develop, implement and communicate to workers and monitor the effectiveness of an adequate system to identify, assess and manage risk, including risks associated with working at height.
Defendant name:
Style Construction Limited
Industry:
Building and construction
Date of offence:
16 March 2017
Facts in brief:
A worker sustained traumatic brain injury and fractures to his skull and right arm when he fell 3.4 metres through an open void while working on a residential construction site.
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:
$100,000
Maximum fine available:
$1,500,000
Reparation:
$30,000 for emotional harm already paid by the defendant, assessed by the Court as appropriate figure and $12,853,51 for consequential loss
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