On Monday this week, ACT prosecutors dropped a high profile case against a multinational company and an engineer, implicated in the death of construction worker Ben Cantanzariti on a worksite in the Kingston Foreshore in 2012. A concrete pump had collapsed on Mr Cantanzariti, killing him and seriously injuring a number of other workers on the site.
The availability of evidence suggesting that extraneous factors had led to the concrete pump significantly weakened the prosecution case, and led to its withdrawal. However, the withdrawal prompted ACT Unions to call for a government review of industry manslaughter laws to ensure they are tough enough to be used by prosecutors.
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