An asphalt company has been fined $80,000 after an employee died when he was run over by a colleague driving a skid steer loader at the workplace, after hours. HSG Asphalt Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court yesterday (Thursday 21/8) after pleading guilty to one charge of failing to maintain a safe system of work and one charge of failing to ensure people other than employees weren’t exposed to health and safety risks. In September 2022, four workers from HSG Asphalt and another related company were drinking alcohol at the company’s Bangholme depot at the end of…
Friday, August 22
