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Former Port of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson on trial for workplace death in unprecedented prosecution

Former Port of Auckland boss Tony Gibson failed to use his “influence, power and resource” to ensure frontline workers were kept safe before a stevedore was fatally crushed by a container, an unprecedented court case has heard.

Former Port of Auck­land boss Tony Gib­son failed to use his “influ­ence, power and resource” to ensure front­line work­ers were kept safe before a steve­dore was fatally crushed by a con­tain­er, an unpre­ced­en­ted court case has heard.

Read more at the NZ Her­ald.

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  1. It is a long over­due that CEO’s/Directors/managers are held respons­ible for deaths/injuries in the work­place!

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