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Charges over water tank fatality and injury

The company faces a further two charges under section 23(1) of the OHS Act for failing to ensure that people other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.

In September 2021, a customer was helping a Polymaster employee unload a water tank that had been delivered to his Yarroweyah property when it rolled off the flatbed delivery truck and crushed him, causing serious injuries.

Less than three months later, a water tank that had been delivered to a Barwon Downs property by a Polymaster contractor rolled off the flatbed delivery truck as it was being unloaded, fatally…

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