04:47 pm, Wednesday 12 May, 2010

The Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court has fined a goldfields drilling firm after one of its employees died in a workplace accident in 2007.

A 19-year old man was working at Gindalbie Station when a pressure hose struck him three years ago, leading to his death.

The Court was told last month the company did not heed basic safety procedures on the operation of the hose.

The company entered a guilty plea to failing to provide and maintain systems of work. It was fined $130,000 by the Court on Monday.

It was also ordered to pay nearly $3,000 in legal costs.

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09:00 am, Friday 16 April, 2010

A drilling company is about to be sentenced next month over a workplace incident which cost the life of its worker in 2007.

The Goldfields company has pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain systems of work.

In March 2007, a 19-year-old employee was working at a Gindalbie Station, 50 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie. He was struck by a pressure hose, which resulted to his death.

During sentencing submissions on Wednesday, the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court was told basic safety procedures on the use of the equipment were not followed.

The Court also heard the company was extremely remorseful about what happened to its employee, and had gone through financial woes since the incident.

The Court will hand down the sentence on May 6.

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