Construction company found guilty over death of teenager in Perth CBD workplace fall

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The construction company that employed a 17-year-old who died in a workplace fall in Perth's CBD is found guilty of failing to provide a safe workplace, but the teenager's family struggles to find closure amid 'protracted' legal proceedings.

The company which employed a teenager who died at a Perth worksite almost five years ago has been found guilty of failing to provide a safe workplace while its sole director is facing serious drug charges in New Zealand.Industrial Construction Services is found guilty of failing to provide a safe workplaceWesley Ballantine died after he fell 12 meres through a void in the roof of an internal atrium at Perth's old post office building in Forrest Place in January 2017.

Adam Tony Forsyth, a former Olympic boxer and the sole trader of the company, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court via videolink from a prison in New Zealand, where he's awaiting trial on serious drug charges.

 

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