In a recently released WorkSafe report into the incident, it said Jacobsen was at the site that day to get a Certificate of Fitness for his Isuzu truck. He waited for the examination to be done and then kept wandering around the same area waiting for the documentation to be completed. While waiting, he spent a few minutes on the phone. At this time a vehicle inspector got into the bus parked in a laneway. While waiting for the air pressure to build so he could close the doors, he saw Jacobsen standing several metres away. At this point Jacobsen had moved to a corner garden and stood with his back to the site, still on the phone.
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 3:28 pm
The safety of customers and others interacting with a
business must be a priority when considering health and
safety in the workplace says WorkSafe, and policies in place
should be implemented every day.
The messages follow
the sentencing today of Vehicle Inspection New Zealand
Limited (VINZ) following the death of a customer at their
Hamilton site.
The February 2019 incident involved a
customer being struck by a vehicle driven by a VINZ employee
at the Hamilton testing site. The customer suffered
traumatic brain injuries and later died in
hospital.
WorkSafe’s investigation found that while
VINZ had some policies in place around the interactions of
Press Release – WorkSafe NZ The safety of customers and others interacting with a business must be a priority when considering health and safety in the workplace says WorkSafe, and policies in place should be implemented every day. The messages follow the sentencing today of …
The safety of customers and others interacting with a business must be a priority when considering health and safety in the workplace says WorkSafe, and policies in place should be implemented every day.
The messages follow the sentencing today of Vehicle Inspection New Zealand Limited (VINZ) following the death of a customer at their Hamilton site.