Australia, April 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 21:
1. State Asphalt Services Pty Ltd (the defendant) entered a plea of guilty to an Amended Summons filed in court on 16 December 2024 for an offence under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act).
2. The duty that the defendant failed to comply with was with the primary duty of care under s 19(1) of the WHS Act as it failed to comply with a health and safety duty under s 32 of the WHS Act.
3. The particulars of the failures are set out in par 16 of the particulars to the Amended Summons.
4. As a result of these failures, workers were exposed to the risk of serious injury and death by being struck, crushed or run over...