Employer Ordered to Pay $60,500 for Safety Breach

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By Alan Knowsley, Friday, 3 September, 2010, Employment

In a recent case an employer was convicted and fined after an employee was injured at work. The Court held that the accident was preventable but that proper training had not been carried out and hazards had not been identified in the work place. The fine was $43,000 and reparation $17,500. The employer could have avoided the accident, prosecution and/or penalties if it had put in place a system to identify hazards and then eliminate or minimize them.

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