Prosecution summaries
Defendant:
ACK Proprietary Limited
Trading Name:
Not applicable
Description of Breach(es)
Regulation: 3.17(1)(a)
Breach(es):
Being the person in charge of a workplace failed to ensure that the workplace was maintained in such clean condition as was necessary to avoid hazards to persons at the workplace.
Background Details:
The defendant was constructing a two-storey nursing home in Joondalup.
On 31 May 2000 a WorkSafe Inspector arrived on site and observed building debris scattered under and between erected scaffolding, over access stairways, in passageways and adjacent to the scaffolding access ladders. The debris constituted a tripping hazard for workers at the site.
Similar debris had been noticed on two previous site visists. An improvement notice relating to site debris had been issued on one of those occasions.
The defendant pladed guilty.
Charge Details:
Convicted on Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at Joondalup Court of Petty Sessions.
Fine(s): $1250
Costs: $222.70
Charge Number: 9671/00