Company Fined $80,000 After Excavation Collapses on Apprentice

A construction company has been convicted and fined $80,000 after an excavation collapsed leaving a 17-year-old apprentice plumber with life-threatening injuries.   Olive Construction Pty Ltd pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to one charge contrary to section 26 of the OHS Act for failing to provide a workplace that was safe and without …

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