Australia, April 27 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 27:
1. On 27 January 2021 AWB Contractors Pty Ltd (AWB) was attempting to lift a steel yacht for the purpose of salvage and disposal. During that process the crane lift failed when the mast of the yacht broke. One of the workers, Mr Haywood, was struck in the head by the mast, and suffered fatal injuries.
2. AWB was charged by the prosecutor SafeWork NSW (SafeWork) with a breach of its health and safety duty pursuant to s 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (the WHS Act). Mr Whitmarsh was separately charged by SafeWork under s 27 of the WHS Act, the allegation being that he failed to exercise due diligence to ensur...