Gympie company fined $20k for its role tragic death of Noel Ormes
A southeast Queensland company that has been fined for its role in the horrific accident that claimed the life of a 60-year-old man who was crushed by a generator on a worksite in 2019.
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An engineering solutions company was fined $20,000 by the Gympie Magistrates Court on Tuesday, following an investigation into the tragic death of worker Noel Ormes at the site in 2019.
Mr Ormes was 60 years old when he was accidentally killed at Owen’s Rewind on Tozer St, in what Gympie magistrate Kurt Fowler described as a “tragic set of circumstances” on the morning of July 3, 2019.
Mr Ormes died from serious leg, pelvis and chest injuries, and bled out as emergency services tried to revive him after he was crushed by a generator that fell from a forklift.
An investigation by the Department of Workplace Health and Safety reached the conclusion that Conhur Pty Ltd was at fault for failing to comply with the Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011.
Conhur health and safety manager Jason Mance pleaded guilty on Tuesday to failing to comply with section 33 of the workplace health and safety act on behalf of the company.
Workplace Health and Safety prosecutor Aimee Sanderson told the court Conhur Pty Ltd was in breach of Section 33 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act.
She also said that following the incident, the company prepared a “safe loading and unloading checklist”.
Barrister A. Smith, who appeared in defence of the company, said nobody was exposed to immediate risk, and the death of Mr Ormes was an unfortunate accident.
“At the time of the offending, my client had a comprehensive safety and health management system ... he had just fallen short in respect of this particular area,” he said.
Mr Fowler described the accident that caused Mr Ormes’ death as “a tragic set of circumstances”.
Conhur Pty Ltd was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $1,595.70 costs to the Department of Workplace Health and Safety.
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