Ausgrid slashes safety inspectors after report finds cheaper to pay permanent disability injury compensation
by Kate Lyons from World news | The Guardian on (#7054D)
Secret report from CutlerMerz finds yearly cost of inspections - $520,219 - is more than cost of paying compensation - $28,375 a year
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Ausgrid cut safety inspector numbers by more than half after receiving a secret report that said it was cheaper for the company to pay compensation for a permanent disability injury than to continue paying for the inspections.
The secret report, conducted by consultancy CutlerMerz and seen by Guardian Australia, recommended Ausgrid slash the inspections it was doing by as much as 55%, saying the cost - $520,219 per year - was grossly disproportionate to the cost of the consequence being managed".
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