abc.net.au/news/scaffolding-collapse-sentence-death-of-apprentice/101697908A scaffolding company has been fined $2 million over a "catastrophic" collapse at a Sydney construction site, which killed a young apprentice.Christopher Cassaniti was killed after he became buried under a pile of steel in April, 2019Mr Cassanti celebrated his 18th birthday days before his death
NSW District Court Judge Andrew Scotting today found workers were put in "significant peril" and the collapse was the consequence of a "culmination of events", including the unauthorised removal of building ties. Judge Scotting found the company knew there had been a history of the unauthorised removal of building ties and alteration to the scaffolding.
"The overloading of the scaffold, the lack of vertical bracing, the removal of the ties and the removal of the transoms made the likelihood of the risk occurring so high that it was almost certain," he said.
Still nothing about the man killed on Work for the Dole. Not catastrophic enough?
So it was a known and deliberate offence that ended in death. Why isn’t someone charged with man slaughter?