This prosecution judgement related to a serious injury, after heavy stone slabs tipped off a truck tray onto a worker. Some extracts I found interesting: · “state of knowledge applied to the definition of practicable is objective. It is that possessed by persons generally who are engaged in the relevant field of activity and not the… Continue reading SafeWork prosecution and the legal definition of risk, reasonably practicable, and what ought reasonably to have been known
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‘Reasonably practicable’ in the context of an Australian workplace fatality prosecution
What’s reasonably practicable? Some extracts from a legal appeal concerning a workplace fatality prosecution, with a focus on the interpretation of ‘reasonably practicable’. The prosecution related to a tow truck tilt tray which had been modified so that the headboard no longer tilted with the tray, but remained in place. Some toolboxes were then placed… Continue reading ‘Reasonably practicable’ in the context of an Australian workplace fatality prosecution
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