6/12/02 WES SEJA: was convicted and fined $4,500 plus costs for two charges of breaching S 38 (8) (a). On 22 February 2001, an inspector attended the premises of Protec Pty Ltd to carry out tests.  The defendant hindered the Inspector by refusing to allow the tests to be performed.

12/12/02 ASURCO CONTRACTING PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $15,000 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1).  On 24 November 1999, an employee was welding an A-frame that held two cement panels.  The employee was injured when the two panels fell on him.  The A-frame was not supported by restraining brackets.

The company failed to provide:

• a safe system of work;
• adequate hazard identification and risk assessment;
• plant in a safe condition;
• adequate training and supervision to ensure the health and safety of the employee.

18/12/02 AUSBULK LTD: was convicted and fined a total of $91,000 for breaching S 19 (1) in relation to two separate incidents, one occurring at Roseworthy on 25 May 2000, and the other at Pt Giles on 2 March 2001.

The company failed to provide safe systems of work for employees:

• during the loading of grain into rail wagons and the shunting of rail wagons to the loading site at Roseworthy;
• in not providing an elevated work platform and a chair in a safe condition, resulting in the employee falling from the platform and sustaining fatal injuries.

18/12/02 HENSLEY INDUSTRIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $6,000 for breaching S 19 (1).  On 8 September 1999, the company failed to provide safe systems of work for the handling of molten metal in a ladle.

28/11/02  SKY RIGGING PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $12,000 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1).  On 24 February 2000, an employee was injured when he fell from the roof while assisting with an antenna installation.

The company failed to:

• provide safe systems of work for the installation of the antenna on the roof;
• carry out an adequate hazard identification and risk assessment;
• provide adequate instruction and training to the employee in relation to safe working at height practices, particularly in safe working on roofing practices;
• ensure that the employee was supervised whilst working on the roof.

25/10/02  BEST BRICKS MASONRY PAVERS PTY LTD:  was convicted and fined $8,600 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1) and R 6.6.2 (1) & (3).  On 24 March 2000, an employee was injured when his hand was crushed between the rollers and the elevator guides of an automatic brick-stacking machine.

The company failed to provide:

• safe systems of work for employees in the vicinity;
• adequate guarding;
• adequate visibility for the exit platform of the 'machine';
• adequate training and supervision in safe operations of the 'machine';
• notification of the accident (and altered the site without the permission of an inspector).

26/9/02  SA WATER CORPORATION: was convicted and fined $12,500 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 13 July 2000, employees attempted to remove a concrete sump in order to replace pipe work at the Heathfield Waste Water Treatment Plant. A gross under-estimate of the weight of the load to be lifted by the cranes led to employees being exposed to risk of injury. SA Water Corporation failed to provide a safe system of work and training in the safe operations of cranes in accordance with AS 25501.1 Cranes - Safe Use.

21/8/02  TRAMMEL TOOLING PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $14,000 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 13 March 2001, an employee?s fingers were crushed in the unguarded nip points of the Bliss C 60 tonne power press he was operating.

The company failed to:

• provide and maintain a safe system of work for operating the press;
  maintain plant in a safe condition;
• conduct an adequate risk assessment in relation to the guarding of the nip points of the press.

16/8/02  MAGILL DEMOLITION AND EARTHMOVING CONTRACTORS PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $3,375 plus costs for breaching S 22. On 26 May 2000, demolition work commenced on part of the factory premises at 1038 Port Road Albert Park. The structural remnants of a demolished building collapsed onto the footpath, a bus shelter and a lane off Port Road, Albert Park.

The company failed to:

• take reasonable care to avoid adversely affecting the safety of other persons;
• ensure the stability of the remaining structure by use of temporary ties and braces;
• prepare and maintain a work plan for the demolition;
• give the required notification of demolition to SafeWork SA.

2/8/02  FURODECK PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $19,000 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 15 January 2001, an employee was attempting to remove fabric caught on the roller of a knitting machine.  The employee?s hand was caught and severed by the chain and sprocket on the main drive of the knitting machine.

The company failed to:

• provide and maintain plant in a safe condition (the dangerous moving parts of the knitting machine were not adequately guarded);
• provide adequate supervision.

19/7/02   STEED FORM PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $22,500 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 18 July 2001, an employee was cutting timber with a Giben beam saw when his left hand became trapped in the saw and was severed at the wrist.

28/6/02  QUEZED PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $6,000 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 27 February 2001, an employee?s hand was caught between the rollers of a dough-rolling machine.

19/4/02  GLENELG ICE PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $7,500 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 25 December 1999, an employee?s fingers were caught in a 'V' belt of a blower machine used to make ice.

20/3/02   TATIARA MEAT COMPANY PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $11,000 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 13 May 2000, an employee received injuries to his right index finger when it came into contact with a rotating helical screw of an unguarded vertical auger.

15/3/02   LANFRANCO FURNITURE INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $4,500 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 16 June 2000, an employee reached inside a machine to remove a blockage and the (still) revolving parts stripped the flesh from his thumb.

20/2/02  OTTOWAY ENGINEERING PTY LTD: was convicted and fined $17,000 plus costs for breaching S 19. On 2 September 1999, employees were moving pipe with a mobile crane when the wheel of the crane rolled over the right heel and foot of one of the employees.

15/2/02   MITSUBISHI MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: was convicted and fined a total of $21,000 plus costs for breaching S 19 (1). On 18 May 2000, an employee was injured when the cage in which he was suspended fell approximately 10 metres after the bolt and nut of a Dee shackle failed.