Prosecutions 2005 (PDF 3269kb) - WorkSafe Victoria

SECTION 1
HUNG KHIN SAM
Date of offence: 22 December 2004
Date of prosecution:
Magistrate:
Plea:
14 December 2005 at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Magistrate Macpherson
Guilty
On 22 December 2004, a WorkSafe inspector attended a Springvale premises where he observed
a forklift operating outside the front of the premises, lowering Hung Khin Sam and a refrigeration
coil from the roof while he sat on top of 17 pallets.
The roof was approximately 10 metres in height. The driver of the forklift did not hold a
forklift licence.
The defendant had been engaged to perform maintenance work to a refrigeration unit on
the premises.
Breach: Section 25 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985. Regulation 7(1) of the Occupational
Health and Safety Plant Regulations 1995.
Result: The defendant was released upon entering into an undertaking to be of good behaviour
for 12 months.
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