Prosecution Details
| Defendant | David William Walling |
| Regulation | 6.3(1) |
| Offence Date | Thursday, 27 July 2000 |
| Description of Breach(es) | Performed prescribed work, namely scaffolding where a person or object could fall more than four meters from the scaffolding, when he did not hold a certificate of competency that he was required by the National Occupational Health and Safety Certification Standard for Users and Operators of Industrial Equipment [NOHSC: 1006 (1995)] to hold to perform that work. |
| Background Details |
The defendant was employed as a construction foreman by a building company who was constructing multi-storey residential units in Scarborough. On 27 July 2000 the defendant, with the assistance of a labourer employed by the building company, erected scaffolding from the ground level to the top floor of a couple of units, a height of approximately 5 metres. The defendant did not hold a certificate of competency as required by the National Occupational Health and Safety Certification Standard for Users and Operators of Industrial Equipment [NOHSC: 1006 (1995)]. A WorkSafe Inspector inspected the scaffolding that had been erected by the defendant and found it to be deficient in a number of respects. The defendant pleaded not guilty. |
| Outcome Summary | convicted |
| Conviction Date | 01 Mar 2002 |
| Court | Perth Court of Petty Sessions |
| Fine | $1,000 |
| Costs | $821 |
| Charge Number | 12773/01 |