ensure heavy steel beams were secure while on work trolleys. Head of Specialist Interventions Simon Humphries said Pegasus Engineering Limited had not developed and implemented a safe system of work. “A worker has tragically lost their life because this company failed to carry out a risk assessment. “A proper risk assessment involves identifying and assessing risks, eliminating or minimising risk, then monitoring the implemented control measures and reviewing systems for improvement. This serves as a reminder to all PCBUs to ensure proper safety procedures are always in place.” Notes: • A fine of $250,000 was imposed. • Reparations in excess of $165,000 were ordered. • Pegasus Engineering Limited was sentenced under sections 36(1)(a), 48(1) and (2)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. • Being a PCBU, it failed to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers who worked for the PCBU, while the workers were at work in the business or undertaking, namely the manufacture of steel products, and that failure exposed the workers to a risk of death or serious injury, arising from exposure to a crushing hazard created by the movement of unsecured heavy steel beams placed on work trolleys. • The maximum penalty is a fine not exceeding $1,500,000.
Christchurch pipeline maintenance firm warned over price-fixing Quik-Shot Limited and its director Raad Al-Karbouli have been issued formal warnings for price fixing conduct relating to pipe rehabilitation services in Christchurch. The Commission’s investigation was opened as a result of Fletcher Construction raising concerns about the conduct of two now former employees of its subsidiary company Pipeworks.