VIC:Towing company fined for workplace death

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2010
VIC:Towing company fined for workplace death

A towing company has been fined 450-thousand dollars over the death of a young Melbourne
father who was crushed to death while unloading an excavator.

30-year-old DAMIAN DES BARRES was crushed when the 20-tonne excavator tipped and fell
on him as it was being unloaded from a trailer at Narre Warren in January 2007.

Nationwide Towing supplied the trailer .. which was the wrong size for the excavator
.. and pleaded guilty to failing to maintain a safe workplace.

Mr DES BARRES had been a father for just 17 days.

Victorian County Court Judge MICHAEL BOURKE ordered 60-thousand dollars compensation
be paid to the family .. saying they've suffered a terrible loss and their grief is on-going.

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KEYWORD: NATIONWIDE (MELBOURNE)

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