Gate repair company charged after fatal crush

Gate Automation Systems Pty Ltd is facing a single charge under section 23(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to ensure persons other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.

The 59-year-old truck driver was fatally crushed at a Dandenong depot after a 12 metre wide automatic sliding gate fell on him.

WorkSafe alleges Gate Automation Systems had left the gate in an unsafe condition by removing parts such that it could only be moved manually, without addressing the risk that the gate could fall from its rails and crush a person, causing death or serious injury.

The matter is listed for a filing hearing at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 9 May 2023.