Today Stella Gold of Holding Redlich attended the County Court on behalf of a widow to hear the company her late husband worked for be fined $300,000 for his death. The fatality occurred at the B & D Doors Kilsyth factory in November 2006, when a 7 metre industrial drum fell from an overhead crane, killing the 51 year old man. B & D Doors was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to a number of offences relating to its failure to provide a safe place of work and adequately train its staff.  We had assisted the widow prepare a Victim Impact Statement, which was read out in court and relied upon by the Judge in sentencing the company. We are also assisting the deceased's family to recover compensation entitlements and damages arising from this avoidable workplace death.

Click here for a Herald Sun news item on the case.