SafeWork NSW | Customconstruction Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $100,000, in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
These proceedings arose from an incident on 25 July 2022, when a worker sustained injuries after falling approximately 3.8 metres from a two-storey house under construction.
Customconstruction Pty Ltd was engaged as the principal contractor at a construction site at Avalon Beach, New South Wales where the worker was employed to undertake re-sheeting and cladding work.
Customconstruction Pty Ltd plead guilty to an offence pursuant to section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to comply with its duty to workers under section 19(1) of the Act.
Customconstruction Pty Ltd has the right to appeal against its sentence.
