Australia, March 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 26:
1. Saveba Pty Ltd (the offender) appears for sentence after pleading guilty to an offence pursuant to s 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the Act) in that it failed to comply with the health and safety duty it owed pursuant to s 19(1) of the Act and thereby exposed Zayne Krupowicz to a risk of death or serious injury.
2. The maximum penalty for the s 32 offence is a fine of 17,315 penalty units ($1,860,843).
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3. The offender operated a business involving the retail sale of household furniture items under the business name "Coco Republic".
4. The offender operated a warehouse at 2-6 Dolerite Way,...