A recent WorkSafe prosecution reminds employees of their
responsibility towards fellow employees under the OSH
legislation.
Craig Robert Lee was prosecuted in Perth Magistrates'
Court under s.20(1)(b) & 20A(3) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act 1984 for failing to "take reasonable
care to avoid adversely affecting the safety or health of any other
person through any act or omission at work, and by that
contravention caused serious harm to any other
person."
The Accused was employed by a company which supplied and
installed racks and walkways. He was engaged to manage an
installation at a car spare parts warehouse, assisted by two
employee labourers.
There were to be three levels of walkways - a concrete ground
floor level and two steel upper floor levels accessible by stairs.
The upper walkways were made of mesh panels screwed to a metal
frame. The steps to the first floor had a sign in front of them
saying "No Entry Unsafe Surface". The area in which
