Construction company and director fined over worker fall
A construction company has been fined $750,000 and a company director fined $45,000 over an incident in which a worker from another business was seriously injured in a fall.
CASM Construction Pty Ltd (administrators appointed) pleaded guilty to failing to ensure workers were not exposed to hazards and, by that failure, causing serious harm to a worker, and was fined in Northam Magistrates Court on Monday.
A company director also pleaded guilty to neglect as a director and was fined during the same court appearance. He was granted a spent conviction.