Charges laid over insulation death

A Gold Coast company has been charged over the death of an insulation installer in
far north Queensland.
Queensland's Department of Justice and Attorney-General on Thursday laid charges
against Titan Insulations Pty Ltd, based at Burleigh Waters, and its company
directors, Nicholas William Lindsay and Frederick Ramon Palomar.
It comes after a 22-year-old male worker was electrocuted while installing foil
insulation in the ceiling of a home at Millaa Millaa, 150 kilometres south of
Cairns, on February 4 last year.
Titan Insulations was charged for allegedly failing to conduct its business or
undertaking in a way that was electrically safe.
Lindsay and Palomar were charged for allegedly failing to ensure the company
complied with its obligations under the Electrical Safety Act.
The complaints are scheduled for mention in the Atherton Industrial Magistrates
Court on February 8.