Environmental Protection Act
March 2007
A timber treatment company was fined for breaching an environmental management programme. The company failed to install a treatment plant and conduct a contaminated land assessment
The timber company was fined $240,000 and a director was fined $8,000
A simple cost-effective Statutory Liability extension on the timber treatment company’s public liability policy could have helped them, and the director, meet the costs of this fine.
Workplace Health & Safety Act 1995
April 2005, Innisfail Industrial Magistrates Court
A worker employed by a farming company was injured whilst using a hook knife to inject insecticide into the top of a banana tree. The Court determined that the employer had failed to ensure that the method of transferring the knife vehicle was safe and free from risk.
The farming company was fined $33,000
By taking out a Statutory Liability extension on their public liability policy the farming company could have recovered much – if not all – the costs of this fine.
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985
August 2005 Shepparton Magistrates Court
An employee of a pastoral company was carrying out repairs to an irrigation pump that was powered by a tractor while the tractor was still running. His leg became caught in the rotating shaft. There was no guard on the rotating shaft and it was found he had received no training.
The pastoral company was fined $35,000
A Statutory Liability extension could have saved the pastoral company a large sum of money and helped them manage the time and costs involved in legal action.