Charges laid after workplace forklift load fatality
WorkSafe Victoria has charged a forklift operator following the death of another worker at a Corio warehouse in October 2021. The 52-year-old Whittington man is facing one charge under section 32 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for recklessly engaging in conduct that placed another person at a workplace in danger of serious injury.
The worker is also facing one charge under section 25(1)(b) of the OHS Act for failing, as an employee, to take reasonable care for the health and safety of persons who might be affected by the employee’s acts or omissions at a workplace. The worker, who was employed as a maintenance fitter, was allegedly operating a forklift bearing an unsecured load near a colleague when the load tipped and fatally crushed the other worker.
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