Court Summary - at a glance

Date of offence:
2 November 2016
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Decision:
Convicted
 
Final decision date:
 
Fine imposed:
$215,625

Safety lessons learned:
  1. Conduct a joint hazard and risk assessment for the proving operation, together with the other PCBUs involved, prior to the work commencing.
  2. Develop, implement, communicate, enforce and monitor compliance with a safe operating procedure for the proving operation.
  3. Implement an adequate management of change process in respect of the replacement of the Hose Valves.
  4. Effectively isolate the risk to prevent accidental operation, namely to have utilised the locking mechanism on the Vales.
  5. Effectively communicate in advance to all parties involved or in the vicinity of the proving operation that the proving activity was being undertaken that day and what was to be involved in that.
  6. Implement, communicate, enforce and monitor compliance of a safe operating procedure for the proving operation.

Defendant name:
Gas Services Limited
 
Industry:
Energy
 
Date of offence:
2 November 2016
 
Facts in brief:
The uncontrolled release of LPG on 2 November 2016 at the Kupe Production Station near Hawera in South Taranaki exposed workers and others to a risk of serious injury or death.
 
Related prosecutions:
 
Offence section:
Sections 36(1)(b), 48(1) and (2)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and Sections 36(2), 48(1) and (2)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
 
Date(s) charged:

Court:
New Plymouth - District Court
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Final decision date:
 
Decision:
Convicted
 
Fine imposed:
$215,625
 
Maximum fine available:
$1.5 million
 
Reparation:
$6,000 for emotional harm
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