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Nov 19, 2009
Pico Art fined $24,000
By Elena Chong
PICO Art International was fined a total of $24,000 on Thursday for workplace safety infringements which led to the fall of five workers while building grandstand seatings for the Formula 1 race last year.
The company had earlier admitted to three charges over the Sept 5 worksite accident.
It had failed to implement the proper system for lifting operations involving a mobile crane which was lifting a pallet of timber plywood at the Turn 2 Club Suites building under construction.
No practicable measures were taken by the company to ensure that every side or opening into or through which a person could fall 2m was covered by guard-rails, barriers or other means.
The last charge accused the company of failing to appoint a lifting supervisor for the lifting a pallet of timber plywood at the premises. Two other charges were taken into consideration.
That morning, five foreign workers were standing on an extended temporary platform on the second level of the corporate suites to receive a pallet of plywood when they fell about 7.5m to the ground. They were injured.
The company could have been fined up to $20,000 per charge.
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Nov 19, 2009
Pico Art fined $24,000
By Elena Chong
PICO Art International was fined a total of $24,000 on Thursday for workplace safety infringements which led to the fall of five workers while building grandstand seatings for the Formula 1 race last year.
The company had earlier admitted to three charges over the Sept 5 worksite accident.
It had failed to implement the proper system for lifting operations involving a mobile crane which was lifting a pallet of timber plywood at the Turn 2 Club Suites building under construction.
No practicable measures were taken by the company to ensure that every side or opening into or through which a person could fall 2m was covered by guard-rails, barriers or other means.
The last charge accused the company of failing to appoint a lifting supervisor for the lifting a pallet of timber plywood at the premises. Two other charges were taken into consideration.
That morning, five foreign workers were standing on an extended temporary platform on the second level of the corporate suites to receive a pallet of plywood when they fell about 7.5m to the ground. They were injured.
The company could have been fined up to $20,000 per charge.
