Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8:

1. Tiger Electrical Solutions Pty Ltd (Tiger) has pleaded guilty to an offence under s 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (WHS Act).

2. Tiger operates a business of conducting electrical repairs and maintenance for government and commercial clients.

3. Tiger has entered pleas of guilty to breaching s 32 of the WHS Act by failing to comply with the primary duty under s 19(1) of the WHS Act. The offence is recorded in the Amended Summons filed on 12 March 2025.

4. The prosecutor tendered the Prosecution Sentence Tender Bundle (PSTB) which became exhibit 1, and three Victim Impact Statements of Michael East (exhibit 2), Nisa East (Ms East) (exhibit 3) and Rouella East Gabrielides (Ms Gabrielides) (exhibit 4).

5. The defendant tendered an affidavit of Adam Mason dated 20 June 2025 which became exhibit A and a Cirlock Bag which became exhibit B.

6. The facts are set out in a joint Agreed Statement of Facts (ASOF) and are supplemented by the material in the PSTB. The ASOF is summarised below.

Background

7. At all material times Tiger employed approximately 33 workers including:

1) Jason Stennett (Mr Stennett), Operations Manager.

2) Lauchlan Walford (Mr Walford), Electrician/Technician.

3) Ben Laws (Mr Laws), Electrician/Technician.

4) Zeon East (Mr East), fourth-year apprentice.

8. Mr East commenced employment with Tiger on 22 March 2021. Prior to the incident, Tiger estimated that 70% of Mr East's work involved warranty work on ceiling fans. As a fourth-year apprentice, Mr East was deemed by Tiger to be competent to work under broad supervision with minimum support, having been assessed as competent in a number of Units of Competency by TAFE NSW.

9. Tiger provided its electricians, including Mr East, with vans and associated equipment such as the Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) kits, to undertake electrical work at various sites.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/19886d707dd6f7b463694a6e)

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