Atacia Pty Ltd
On 9 January 2018, a worker sustained serious injury when he fell approximately 2.5m through an unsecure formwork penetration onto steel reinforcing starter bars.
Alleged breach
Atacia Pty Ltd contravened section 19(2) and 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
Summary of undertaking
Activities Atacia Pty Ltd will undertake include:
- Development and implementation of a safety management system that is certified against ISO 45001:2018
- Employment of a full time internal safety officer
- Design, develop, promote and distribute a series of four formwork educational videos focusing on safety and managing the risks of fall on and around formwork activities
- Sponsor the development pathway for an ‘at risk’ formworker, which includes mentoring and training on work health and safety issues in the formwork industry
This undertaking has a total expenditure of $274, 080.
Reasons for accepting the undertaking
- The alleged contravention does not appear to be a section 31 Reckless conduct category 1 offence, which if it was the case, would preclude the proposed undertaking from being accepted
- The nature of the alleged contravention and the actions taken by Atacia Pty Ltd in response to the incident are assessed as being appropriate for consideration of an undertaking
- The strategies proposed in the undertaking have been assessed as likely to deliver long term sustainable safety improvements in the workplace, industry and community
- The undertaking addresses the requirements contained within the “Enforceable Undertakings – Guidelines for Proposing a WHS Undertaking”.
Date accepted
20 May 2021
Further information
View the full Atacia Pty Ltd undertaking (PDF 1.5MB)
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