Worksafe Victoria has charged a company over the death of a man on a worksite in Delacombe last year.
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The defence counsel for Ace Metal Treatment Services Pty Ltd appeared at the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on Monday for a filing hearing.
Charge sheets obtained by The Courier reveal the Melbourne-based company is charged with three offences relating to the death of a 50-year-old Alfredton man.
The man died in an industrial shed on Williamson Street on October 29, 2019 after becoming trapped in a machine while working.
The Courier reported at the time the man was discovered by two colleagues after they were alerted to an alarm.
Paramedics and firefighters freed the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ace Metal Treatment Services is facing three charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Charge sheets allege the company failed as an employer to 'provide and maintain for employees a working environment that was safe and without risks to health'.
The company is also charged with failing to 'control the risk associated with plant' and failing to provide 'information, instruction and training' for employees to perform their work safely.
The charges were filed on September 29 this year.
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The case was heard as a filing hearing at court on Monday and was listed for a committal mention on February 11, 2021.
The incident happened the same day an industrial manslaughter bill was introduced into Victoria's parliament.
The laws were passed on November 27, 2019, meaning employers who negligently cause a workplace death will face fines of up to $16.5 million and individuals will face up to 20 years in jail from July this year.
The Delacombe death was the fourth workplace death in Ballarat in just over 18-months.
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