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Work Death in Victoria, 1987–1990: An Overview

Work Death in Victoria, 1987–1990: An Overview This investigation describes the level and nature of work-related traumatic workdeaths which occurred in Victoria in 1987–90. There were a total of 353 such deathsreported to the coroner in this period. While a large number of these deaths involvedfarmers or self-employed workers, a majority were found to involve work in thecontext of a company. Further, most of these company work deaths involved some amountof negligence on the part of the employer. In all, there were prosecutions in only 34of the 353 fatalities, all of which resulted in convictions. Despite the fact that atleast 25 of these deaths could be seen as resulting from extreme employer negligence,and that at least four of the negligent companies were repeat offenders, there wereno prosecutions of either individuals or companies under provisions of the Crimes Act(all convictions were obtained for breaches of occupational health and safetyregulations). There is in these data, then, further evidence of a ‘gentle’ posture onthe part of regulatory agencies. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Work Death in Victoria, 1987–1990: An Overview

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SAGE
Copyright
© The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors, 1995
ISSN
0004-8658
eISSN
1837-9273
DOI
10.1177/000486589502800204
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Abstract

This investigation describes the level and nature of work-related traumatic workdeaths which occurred in Victoria in 1987–90. There were a total of 353 such deathsreported to the coroner in this period. While a large number of these deaths involvedfarmers or self-employed workers, a majority were found to involve work in thecontext of a company. Further, most of these company work deaths involved some amountof negligence on the part of the employer. In all, there were prosecutions in only 34of the 353 fatalities, all of which resulted in convictions. Despite the fact that atleast 25 of these deaths could be seen as resulting from extreme employer negligence,and that at least four of the negligent companies were repeat offenders, there wereno prosecutions of either individuals or companies under provisions of the Crimes Act(all convictions were obtained for breaches of occupational health and safetyregulations). There is in these data, then, further evidence of a ‘gentle’ posture onthe part of regulatory agencies.

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologySAGE

Published: Jun 1, 1995

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