Prosecution Details

Being a person who had control of a workplace where persons who were not employees of that person work, failed to take such measures as were practicable to ensure that the workplace was such that persons at the workplace were not exposed to hazards.

The defendant was an owner-builder of a double storey dwelling. An investigation on 25 March 1997 found that there was inadequate edge protection and lack of coverage of penetrations in the concrete floor slabs. Formwork timber had nails protruding and scaffolding had midrails and toe-boards missing.