Fully deserved when they had ample warnings, how hard is it to wear a helmet, especially when you know an enforcement agency is watching.
Big fine warranted as its a business operation so a bigger stick needed. These types of people are the same who probably hold out on their employees having proper gloves and gear too so good job.
Today I was watching some tradies who could have been up for a big fine and suppose they would winge if caught too.
For starters they were operating on a busy road, parked on footpath where lots of mums with prams travel past and no cones or signs etc.
Using wrong tool for job - small hiab crane instead of stumpgrinder to remove tree stump. When it wouldn't budge they just ramped it up till the roots broke and shock loaded the cables, spider nesting them on the drum so they had to boom in and retension the cables and start again.
After that screw up you could see them reading the load rating plate, a job you should do before the start.
They still couldn't properly do what they wanted so an axe come out...
Now if a chunk of metal or cable had flung out and injured a passing pedestrian or motorcyclist...
OSH can be a pain but theres a hole genetic strain out there that keeps them employed....
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
Originally Posted by imdying
They were told many times. The rules were explained to them. None of this was ambiguous. They were given so many opportunities to comply. Even now, they would still expect, and be given, free medical treatment should they injure themselves. Making that small effort to mitigate that risk was the only thing being asked of them. They weren't being asked to fit roll bars and wear full armor setups, or anything even remotely complicated or expensive
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