Charges laid over swim school injury

DET faces one charge of breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act in that it failed to ensure that students were not exposed to risks to their health and safety arising out of a school-sanctioned swimming program.

De Kort Enterprises Pty Ltd, trading as Swim and Survival Academy, faces one charge of breaching the OHS Act in that it failed to ensure that the swimming centre was safe and without risks to health.

The charges follow an investigation into an incident in November 2016, in which a primary school student was seriously injured during swimming lessons.

The charges were filed in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today. The matter will be listed for hearing in Ballarat.