Thursday, 15 July 2021, 4:07 pm
WorkSafe
New Zealand are reminding people that they are obligated to
comply with WorkSafe inspectors exercising their compliance
powers under the Health and Safety at Work Act
2015.
The reminder comes after a 2019 incident where
Scott Larsen, obstructed WorkSafe inspectors from carrying
out a site inspection of a logging operation he was
conducting in the Wairarapa. Larsen then also failed to
provide a statement at a required interview with
WorkSafe.
Larsen was sentenced on Friday and convicted
on two WorkSafe charges of obstruction.
This is the
second time Larsen has faced WorkSafe charges. In 2018,
Larsen was convicted and fined $32,000 on three charges