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In Victoria, a transportation company specialising in crane truck services has been convicted and fined $200,000 (with $5556 in costs) after a worker was pinned to the ground by a vehicle-mounted crane.

The incident occurred on 3 September 2024. Having commenced employment with the offender as a truck driver on 29 May 2024, the employee underwent supervised on-the-job training as he did not hold a high-risk work licence. Around 1 September 2024, the offender’s Operations Manager informed the employee that his flat-bed truck driving training was complete and that he was able to work independently.

On 2 September 2024, the employee was told by the Operations Manager that he would be delivering steel trusses to a residential construction site the following day — it would be the first occasion the employee would work alone. After telling the Operations Manager that he did not want to undertake the delivery alone, the Operations Manager responded that if the employee did not go out on the delivery, he would not have a job.

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