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Tennant Creek electrician pleads guilty to fatal workplace safety failures
The owner of an electrical services business in Tennant Creek has pleaded guilty to failing to comply with health and safety duties in relation to the death of an apprentice on one of his worksites in 2019.
Key points:
- The business owner allowed the apprentice to work unsupervised on the day of his death
- A court heard a live wire on the fire station roof claimed the apprentice’s life
- Since the incident the business owner has taken responsibility and changed practices
34-year-old apprentice Derick Suratin died after being electrocuted while working unsupervised on a live wire on the roof of the Tennant Creek Fire Station.
Today in Alice Springs Local Court Russell O’Donnell, the owner of the business Mr Suratin was working for at the time of…
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