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by authority- Christchurch District Court (Anklage: WorkSafe New Zealand) 1 case 100 % · €181,678
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| Q4 2024 | 1 | €181,678 |
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1 case
1 Nov 2024 United Steel LimitedUnited Steel: 330,000 NZD after fatal collapse of a steel storage rack €181,678
In November 2020 a rack loaded with around nine tonnes of steel collapsed at the company's steel store in Wigram (Christchurch), killing a storeman; the racks were neither braced nor fixed to the floor, were not inspected regularly and had been built without engineering input. On 1 November 2024 the Christchurch District Court imposed a fine of 330,000 NZD (starting point 600,000 NZD) and 100,000 NZD in reparation for emotional harm; costs of 17,507.39 NZD were added.
Storage racks need proper design, anchoring, regular inspection and supervised instruction in safe loading.
Safe storage racking and loading rules
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Christchurch District Court (Anklage: WorkSafe New Zealand)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, ss 36(1)(a), 48(1), 48(2)(c)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Reductions for cooperation (5%), remorse including payments already made to the family (10%), willingness to pay reparation (10%), guilty plea (15%) and no previous convictions in 43 years of trading (5%).
- Published
- 11 Nov 2024
Original amount 330,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Nov 2024.
- WorkSafe New Zealand: Storeman killed in racking collapse (11.11.2024) Press release of an authority
- WorkSafe New Zealand, Court summaries: United Steel Limited Enforcement database of an authority
- WorkSafe New Zealand v United Steel Limited [2024] NZDC 27062, Sentencing notes Court decision
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link