Prosecutions 2005 (PDF 3269kb) - WorkSafe Victoria

HEALTH AND SAFETY PROSECUTIONS
PAUL DAMIAN MCKENZIE (TRADING AS MACCA’S DEMOLITIONS AND SECOND HAND MATERIALS)
Date of offence: 1 April 2004
Date of prosecution:
Magistrate:
Plea:
1 December 2005 at Echuca Magistrates’ Court
His Honour Magistrate Cottrill
Guilty
On 1 April 2004, a WorkSafe inspector visited a demolition site of a house in Swan Hill after
receiving an anonymous telephone complaint about alleged illegal removal of asbestos.
One of the defendant’s employees visited the site prior to the commencement of the demolition
work and determined that the front, sides and eaves of the house contained asbestos, but not the
rear (extension) of the house.
The inspector observed a large amount of cement sheet cladding amongst the debris at the rear of
the demolished house premises. The inspector also observed that there were two stickers attached
to the wall cladding identifying the product as containing asbestos.
The inspector took samples and these were subsequently confirmed as containing asbestos.
Macca’s Demolition and Second Hand Materials holds a ‘B class’ asbestos removal licence.
Breach: Regulation 710 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Asbestos) Regulations 2003.
Result: Without conviction fined $3,000.
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