Whakaari Management convicted of one health and safety charge relating to fatal eruption
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"WorkSafe has established that Whakaari Management is not a passive landowner," the judge said. "The relevant duty was for WML to ensure that the health of safety of persons it permitted to be on Whakaari was not put at risk."
He said Whakaari Management had not done proper risk assessments or engaged with experts at research institute GNS Science.
"The interaction between WML and GNS was not enough to amount to taking necessary expert advice on the risk of permitting tours on Whakaari," Thomas said.
"[It] was ad-hoc, infrequent, unstructured, informal and incomplete when much more was required."
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