sec.799KIndustrial manslaughter—employer

### sec.799K Industrial manslaughter—employer An employer for an operating plant or gas work commits an offence if— a worker— dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and the employer’s conduct causes the death of the worker; and the employer is negligent about causing the death of the worker by the conduct. Maximum penalty— for an individual—20 years imprisonment; or for a body corporate—100,000 penalty units. See section 840 in relation to imputing to a body corporate particular conduct of executive officers, employees or agents of the body corporate. An offence against subsection (1) is a crime. s 799K ins 2020 No. 14 s 203 (sec.799K-ssec.1) An employer for an operating plant or gas work commits an offence if— a worker— dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and the employer’s conduct causes the death of the worker; and the employer is negligent about causing the death of the worker by the conduct. Maximum penalty— for an individual—20 years imprisonment; or for a body corporate—100,000 penalty units. See section 840 in relation to imputing to a body corporate particular conduct of executive officers, employees or agents of the body corporate. (sec.799K-ssec.2) An offence against subsection (1) is a crime. - (a) a worker— (i) dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or (ii) is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and - (i) dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or - (ii) is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and - (b) the employer’s conduct causes the death of the worker; and - (c) the employer is negligent about causing the death of the worker by the conduct. - (i) dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or - (ii) is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and - (a) for an individual—20 years imprisonment; or - (b) for a body corporate—100,000 penalty units.