Construction site supervisor who set fire to apprentice pleads guilty in tribunal

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An Adelaide construction site supervisor who doused an apprentice in flammable liquid and set his clothes on fire has pleaded guilty to breaching the Work Health and Safety Act.

Tad-Mar Electrical supervisors Luke Daniel Chenoweth and Jeffrey Mark Rowe are being prosecuted by SafeWork SAChenoweth will be sentenced at a later date, Rowe was fined $12,000

"He let the flames on his boot go out and he didn't say anything, he just wanted to get away from Chenoweth," she said."It was at this point the complainant became particularly scared … so he ran away." "[The apprentice] felt intense heat instantly and he was pulling his shirt away from his skin and waving his arms to try and put the flames out," she said.'The apprentice could have suffered second-degree burns'

Ms Willows told the court the apprentice was subjected to ongoing bullying in the lead-up to the incident.

 

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