Accused: Stephen Wallace Rodger, trading as CTM Engineering ABN / ACN:
Industry: Manufacturing and Agriculture  Accused Type: Individual
Date of Offence: 17/11/2005 Date of Determination: 21/09/2007
Incident: Fatalities Judge / Magistrate: Judge Rizkalla
Incident Summary: The defendant’s business was extending semi trailer chassis’s and raising the roof height of taut liners. The defendant constructed a mobile platform, used to replace scissor lifts when working at height. The platform’s legs developed a bend and required repairing. An employee was instructed to straighten the leg by heating it with an oxyacetylene torch and hitting it. The platform was not supported by any external means while it was being repaired. It collapsed striking the deceased who was fatally injured. The deceased was employed on the premises next door and was visiting the defendant’s premises in a social capacity at the time.
Court Number: CR-07-01353 Jurisdiction: County Court

Act & Section [Maximum Penalty]	Count(s)
OH&S Act 2004 - s 21(1) & (2)(a) Employer failed to provide & maintain so far as was practicable for employees a safe working environment - plant & systems of work [1800 penalty units individual 9000 penalty units body corporate] Indictable offence triable summarily	1
OH&S Act 2004 - s 23(1) Employer failed to ensure that their undertaking did not expose people (other than employees) to health & safety risks [1800 penalty units individual 9000 penalty units body corporate] Indictable offence triable summarily	1

Plea: Guilty Fine: $35,000.00
Result: Conviction
Fine