Coastwide Flooring to pay $160,000 over worker's death while installing carpet
29 Apr, 2021 05:08 AM
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NZ Herald
A West Coast flooring company has been ordered to pay over $160,000 following the death of one of its workers.
Coastwide Flooring Limited were fined $60,000 for failing to ensure the health and safety of its workers, and ordered to pay reparations of $105,000 to the victim's family.
The maximum penalty Greymouth District Court could have imposed on Coastwide Flooring was $1.5 million.
The incident occurred in March 2019, when an employee of Coastwide Flooring was installing carpet in a Greymouth building using a strong organic solvent-based adhesive.