Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
3/04/2018
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$227,500.00
Safety lessons learned:
- Ensure that an effective risk assessment to identify and manage the risks was undertaken;
- Ensure that a safe system of work was developed, implemented, monitored and reviewed;
- Ensure the provision of suitable personal protective equipment to workers;
- Ensure chemical tanks in the near vicinity of the work including the tank of caustic soda were covered; and
- Provide information, training, instruction and supervision to Total Access Limited and its workers
Defendant name:
Perry Metal Protection Limited
Industry:
Building and construction
Date of offence:
3/04/2018
Facts in brief:
"The Defendant, Perry Metal Protection Limited (PMPL), carried on hot dip galvanising at its site in Te Rapa. The Defendant engaged Total Access Limited (TAL), to assemble and disassemble scaffolding at its premises.
On 3 April 2018, the Victim, one of TAL’s workers, was disassembling scaffolding near tanks containing caustic soda solution at PMPL’s premises.
The Victim was not given an appropriate induction, taken through the hazards, nor given suitable PPE. While disassembling the scaffolding, the Victim’s hands were contaminated with the caustic soda solution, and he suffered chemical burns requiring surgery."
On 3 April 2018, the Victim, one of TAL’s workers, was disassembling scaffolding near tanks containing caustic soda solution at PMPL’s premises.
The Victim was not given an appropriate induction, taken through the hazards, nor given suitable PPE. While disassembling the scaffolding, the Victim’s hands were contaminated with the caustic soda solution, and he suffered chemical burns requiring surgery."
Related prosecutions:
Offence section:
Sections 48(1) and 2(c), and 36(2) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
Date(s) charged:
2/04/2019
Court:
Hamilton - District Court
Plea:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Convicted
Fine imposed:
$227,500.00
Maximum fine available:
$1.5 million
Reparation:
$15,000.00 in emotional harm
$2,000 in consequential loss
$5,000 in costs
$2,000 in consequential loss
$5,000 in costs
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