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AUSTRALIA
The subsidiaries of Lanco Resources Australia and collectively referred to as Griffin, have had charges laid against them over the char plant explosion on October 23, 2008.
No pleas have been entered and the charges have been adjourned to February 29.
A 61-year-old grandfather and electrical contractor Anthony (Tony) Eames of Bunbury, was left in a critical condition with 40 % burns to his body after the incident.
The blast occurred when Ric Stowe still owned the mine. One charge alleges Griffin “as an employer at a mine failed, so far as is practicable, to promote and maintain a mine working environment in which that employer’s employees were not exposed to hazards and by that contravention caused serious harm to Anthony Eames”.
Another alleges failure “to ensure that the safety and health of a person, not being its employee, was not adversely affected … and caused serious harm to Anthony Eames”.
A spokesman said: “Griffin) is currently taking legal advice in relation to the matter and it is therefore not appropriate for the company to offer any specific comment in relation to the charges.
