WorkSafe has charged a concrete pole manufacturer after a worker died at a Werribee factory in September 2024.
The 36-year-old man died when he was struck by a metal bucket, which dislodged from an electrical chain hoist and fell approximately 15 metres.
Vertech Hume Pty Ltd faces two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to provide or maintain a working environment that was safe and without risks to health.
WorkSafe alleges the company twice failed to provide or maintain safe plant and safe systems of work to prevent the bucket from dislodging while the hoist was in use.
The matter is listed for a filing hearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 16 December 2025.
