Health and safety consultancy SBS fined NZ$70,000 for role in worker's traumatic brain injury due to lack of traffic management plan.

Health and safety consultancy Safe Business Solutions (SBS) has been fined NZ$70,000 and ordered to pay NZ$28,403 in reparations for its role in a traumatic brain injury suffered by a Taranaki worker. SBS was the health and safety consultant for Westown Haulage, which employed Grant Bowling. In August 2020, Bowling was knocked unconscious by the bucket of an agricultural vehicle and suffered two brain bleeds, permanent loss of taste and smell, and post-traumatic stress disorder. SBS had identified the need for a traffic management plan but failed to provide one before the incident.

August 18, 2024
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