HUNTINGDALE Mobile Cranes has been fined $70,000 after failing to carry out simple safety checks on its cranes, related to the crushing death of a worker.
Prosecutor WorkSafe Victoria said Huntingdale Mobile Cranes had not checked to ensure locating pins were fitted under a concrete panel its crane had lifted into position, and had not ensured steel support bracing on the panels were correctly positioned and locked into position.
The concrete panel fell on Christos Binos when the steel braces fitted to provide support were removed. WorkSafe Victoria did not allege that the safety failings caused the death of Binos.
Huntingdale Mobile Cranes is one of three companies charged in relation to safety failings at the construction site in Pakenham.
According to WorkSafe’s Construction and Utilities Division Director, Chris Webb, working with concrete panels can be highly dangerous, and anyone involved in any work with them had to ensure high safety standards were applied at all times.
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