Echuca taxi company charged after wheelchair passenger deaths

By Riverine Herald

Feb 20, 2023

Charges laid: WorkSafe has charged an Echuca taxi company following two separate incidents where passengers died after their wheelchairs tipped backwards while travelling.

WorkSafe has charged an Echuca taxi company following two separate incidents where passengers died after their wheelchairs tipped backwards while travelling.

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Echuca-Moama Taxi Group Pty Ltd faces four charges under section 23(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that people other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks.