Orewa College Charges Adjourned Without Plea

Orewa College Charges Adjourned Without Plea

The Department of Labour has laid charges against The Orewa College Board of Trustees following an investigation into the boiler explosion at Orewa College in June 2009.

The Orewa College Board of Trustees faces two charges under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992:

(1) Section 6 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992: ‘Failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of an employee while at work’

(2) Section 16 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992: ‘Failing to take all practicable steps to ensure that no hazard that is in the place of work harms an employee of a contractor lawfully at work’

The charges follow an investigation into the death of Mr Richard Nel and the serious injury suffered by Mr Robin Tubman after the boiler at Orewa College exploded while they were at work. The charges laid in the North Shore District Court have been adjourned without plea to 30 March 2010.

As this matter is now before the Court the Department will be making no further comment.

ENDS

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