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WARNING: STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES It’s hard to miss Leopold Kupis. He’s a big guy with a big voice to match. But two years ago, a man reversing a...

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WorkSafe is seeking independent advice about a leaking oil and gas well in the Kupe Field off the coast of Taranaki.

Gasfitter Michael Cartwright fined thousands over negligence that led to death of Jesse Samuel 27 Jan, 2021 03:18 AM 6 minutes to read Twelve-year-old Jesse Samuel died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a gas-powered shower at his familys Haast holiday home. Photo / Supplied Otago Daily Times By: Rob Kidd A gasfitter whose negligence led to the death of a 12-year-old boy will pay his family $70,000. Michael Cartwright and Central Plumbing Limited – which trades as Laser Plumbing Alexandra –...

Hamish McNeilly/Stuff Michael Cartwright leaves the Dunedin District Court after being sentenced for a charge laid under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act. An experienced gas-fitter who failed to properly inspect a colleagues work has been ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in reparation and fines after a 12-year-old boy died because of his mistake. Jesse Samuel, of Alexandra, was found slumped in a small shower unit at his familys holiday home in Haast on October 10, 2018. Paramedics tr...

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Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 4:09 pm The gas water heater used to supply a shower in which a 12-year-old boy died in 2018, should never have been installed inside the bathroom says WorkSafe. The victim was using a shower at his family’s holiday home and died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. The gas from the water heater had built-up in the small, unventilated bathroom unit. Central Plumbing Limited and Michael James Cartwright were sentenced in the Dunedin District Court today after ...

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