Christchurch-based Peter Fletcher Transport has been fined $393,750 for the death of a worker in February 2017.
Anthony Mark Moore, 52, was the workshop manager, driver trainer, and mechanic and was crushed by steel pipes in the company’s yard.
Christchurch District Court Judge Raoul Neave said the accident was preventable but no safety measures had been put in place for handling the pipes.
The company pleaded guilty last year to a charge of failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker under the Health and Safety at Work Act. It has already paid $150,000 in reparations to the victim’s family.
