Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
9 June 2017
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$250,000
Safety lessons learned:
- Develop and implement a safe system of work for working with heavy steel beams on work trolleys and the lifting of these beams which would include carrying out a risk assessment then training, supervising and monitoring that system of work.
- Provide clamps to its workers, and ensure that heavy steel beams are secured/clamped while on work trolleys.
- Ensure, through supervision and monitoring, that crane remote controls/transmitters are placed in a safe position when not in use.
Defendant name:
Pegasus Engineering Limited
Industry:
Manufacturing
Date of offence:
9 June 2017
Facts in brief:
A worker was fatally crushed by a steel beam that fell from a work trolley in the Defendant’s workshop.
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:
Christchurch - High Court
Plea:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Convicted
Fine imposed:
$250,000
Maximum fine available:
$1.5 million
Reparation:
For emotional harm:
$80,000 to the spouse of the deceased
$20,000 to the daughter of the deceased
For consequential loss:
$23,240 to the spouse of the deceased
$80,000 to the spouse of the deceased
$20,000 to the daughter of the deceased
For consequential loss:
$23,240 to the spouse of the deceased
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