Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
16 January 2014
Plea:
Not Guilty
Decision:
Withdrawn
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
Not applicable
Safety lessons learned:
Not applicable
Defendant name:
2015-A
Industry:
Forestry
Date of offence:
16 January 2014
Facts in brief:
The Defendant company is a forestry management company who engaged B & R Logging Partnership for logging work at Tirosh Estate Limited. The Defendant company's crew were not qualified to carry out machine assisted tree felling. The victim was struck by the butt of a tree that was being felled, as he was retreating to a safe zone. The victim was fatally injured.
Offence section:
S18 Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Date(s) charged:
Court:
Blenheim - District Court
Plea:
Not Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Withdrawn
Fine imposed:
Not applicable
Maximum fine available:
$250,000
Reparation:
Not applicable
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