{"id":810293,"date":"2024-12-04T23:16:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/fatal-health-and-safety-breach-costs-auckland-business-4m\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T23:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:16:04","slug":"fatal-health-and-safety-breach-costs-auckland-business-4m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/fatal-health-and-safety-breach-costs-auckland-business-4m\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal health and safety breach costs Auckland business $4m"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"documentContent\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<h3>Navigation for News Categories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<header>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--XlbyWgy4--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1643426267\/4O3SQ3S_image_crop_47116?_a=BACCd2AD\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" alt=\"Jamey Bowring\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<span itemprop=\"caption\">Jamey Bowring. <\/span><br \/>\n<span>Photo: <span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A South Auckland business will pay a multimillion-dollar settlement for a workplace death in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Jamey Bowring, 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/344634\/i-hope-this-never-happens-to-another-family\">was killed<\/a> when a tank exploded at a hazardous substance company in Wiri.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court in Auckland on Monday ordered Salters Cartage Limited and its owner, Ronald Salter, to forfeit $4 million.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came after the commissioner of police made an application for civil forfeiture under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act (CPRA).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<b>More on the case on The Detail<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/programmes\/the-detail\/story\/2018930578\/new-target-for-police-asset-seizures\">New target for police asset seizures<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A seven-week trial was set to begin last week, however parties involved instead entered into settlement discussions.<\/p>\n<p>The court agreed with police that Salter and his business financially benefited from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/344547\/flagrant-breaches-led-to-tank-explosion-death\">failing to comply<\/a> with requirements for handling dangerous substances and ensuring workers&#8217; safety.<\/p>\n<p>Bowring&#8217;s mother Sarah Ferguson said Salter minimised his role in the events that led to her son&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case was so much more than someone getting some paperwork wrong. His behaviour leading up to and since that day has been beyond unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Greed cannot come before safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--VfGZ6gxX--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1643426277\/4O3SQ0A_image_crop_47118?_a=BACCd2AD\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Ron Salter was fined $400,000 and sentenced to four-and-a-half months' home detention over Jamey Lee Bowring's death\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<span itemprop=\"caption\">Ron Salter. <\/span><br \/>\n<span>Photo: <span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">Supplied<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police Detective Inspector Lloyd Schmid said he was aware of businesses&#8217; concerns about the application of civil forfeiture for workplace health and safety offences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police have no intent to use the CRPA routinely for offences against the Health and Safety at Work Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case, largely brought on the basis of breaches of regulations relating to hazardous substances, had some unique features and aggravating circumstances, including the tragic death of a young man.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police will however consider any future cases on a case-by-case basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&#038;id=b3d362e693\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero, a daily newsletter<\/a> <b>curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Get the RNZ app<\/h2>\n<p>for ad-free news and current affairs<\/p>\n<p><a data-platform=\"iOS\" data-source=\"NewsArticle\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nz\/app\/rnz\/id407890305\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/x\/app-ad\/app-store-badge-405cee712db3c7ac46bcc89803f02f5252f125317fe1ca614b5f0d15d27216d5.svg\" alt=\"Download from Apple App Store\"><\/a><br \/>\n        <a data-platform=\"Android\" data-source=\"NewsArticle\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=nz.co.radionz.android&#038;hl=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/x\/app-ad\/google-play-badge-24e40b2f16e541e9c88d0d97e5fd56f29499df6b8392d321581f16dca58b486a.svg\" alt=\"Download from Google Play Store\"><\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/x\/app-ad\/app-ad-news-device-one-0e70920522a6ab0a63c7cabd93c74ed9e62caad8c7c71453801117f3f5ced312.png\">\n    <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/x\/app-ad\/app-ad-news-device-two-aae3cd6c4a148cc0103b3206b0cc7bea1454c6e004851729d93df642d98b3591.png\">\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Diego Badon <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/531434\/fatal-health-and-safety-breach-costs-auckland-business-4m\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigation for News Categories Jamey Bowring. Photo: Facebook A South Auckland business will pay a multimillion-dollar settlement for a workplace death in 2015. Jamey Bowring, 24, was killed when a tank exploded at a hazardous substance company in Wiri. The High Court in Auckland on Monday ordered Salters Cartage Limited and its owner, Ronald Salter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":810294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27229,267],"tags":[9712,7419],"class_list":{"0":"post-810293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fatal","8":"category-health","9":"tag-fatal","10":"tag-health"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}