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Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
8 April 2016
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted and Discharged
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$0
Safety lessons learned:
- Develop a clear understanding of the scaffolding required prior to supplying and installing it. This could include viewing the drawings or plans and discussing the requirements with site management and scaffold users;
- Ensure employees installing scaffolding are sufficiently trained or have sufficient experience, or are supervised by someone with sufficient training and experience, to install scaffolding;
- Ensure scaffolding is fit for purpose, including ensuring that guardrails and midrails are provided on exposed parts of working platforms; that access to working platforms was adequate and safe; that the ladder access opening is protected by either a hatch, gate or similar; and that gable-end edge protection is installed;
- Inspect and certify scaffolding to ensure it is safe for use; and
- Ensure adequate information is provided to scaffolding users, including but not limited to, using a scaffold tag or handover certificate citing the limitations of use.
Defendant name:
Eagle Edge Protection Limited (In Liquidation)
Industry:
Building and construction
Date of offence:
8 April 2016
Facts in brief:
The Defendant company supplies and installs scaffolding and safety nets to the residential building industry.
The Defendant was contracted to provide and install scaffold and safety nets at a residential construction site. The scaffold installed was not compliant with good practice which could have caused serious injury to users.
The Defendant was contracted to provide and install scaffold and safety nets at a residential construction site. The scaffold installed was not compliant with good practice which could have caused serious injury to users.
Offence section:
Section 18A(3) and 50(1)(a) of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Date(s) charged:
6 October 2015
Court:
Hamilton - District Court
Plea:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Convicted and Discharged
Fine imposed:
$0
Maximum fine available:
$250,000
Reparation:
Not applicable.
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