VIC: Shell faces 35 safety charges over refinery

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-1999
VIC: Shell faces 35 safety charges over refinery

MELBOURNE, Aug 19 AAP - Shell Refinery (Australia) has been charged with breaching
Victoria's health and safety laws after an audit of its firefighting facilities last year.

WorkCover said it had charged Shell with 35 breaches of health and safety laws after the
19-day audit in September and October last year.

The company faces seven charges of breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 18
charges under the Dangerous Goods Act and 10 charges under the Dangerous Goods (Storage and
Handling) Regulations, Workcover said in a statement.

WorkCover said the maximum penalty for breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act was
$250,000 a charge and breaches of the Dangerous Goods act could bring maximum fines of $40,000
for each charge.

The case goes before Geelong Magistrates Court for a preliminary hearing on September 7.

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KEYWORD: SHELL CHARGES

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