Company's failure exposed workers to risk of death or serious injury
A roofing company and its sole director were convicted of work health and safety offences after two workers were exposed to the risk of falling from a height of approximately 6.2 metres while working on incomplete scaffolding with missing planks on working decks.
The company pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its work health and safety duty and thereby exposing workers to risk of death or serious injury.
The director pleaded guilty to failing to exercise due diligence to ensure the company complied with its health and safety duty.
The company provided roofing installation services and had approximately 24 employees. The director was the sole director of both the roofing company and another company engaged to supply and install the roof on a two-storey residence.
Two workers attended the site, where they began work on the roof, gaining access using scaffolding, which was incomplete as it was missing planks on the working decks.
One worker was a casual roofer who had progressed from labourer after a year of on-the-job training. The other was an operations coordinator whose usual tasks included booking jobs and liaising with clients—he wasn't supposed to be on site at all.
The principal contractor for the construction project engaged the roofing company to supply and install the roof and engaged another entity to install scaffolding.
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