Government department charged after child's hands [hand sanitiser] allegedly caught fire while touching Questacon plasma globe
Government department charged after child's hands [hand sanitiser] allegedly caught fire while touching Questacon plasma globe
A Comcare investigation found a spark from the globe had ignited the alcohol-based sanitiser — that had been supplied by Questacon — on the child's hands.
The Department of Industry Science and Resources is facing a single charge of breaching work, health and safety laws which carries a maximum fine of $1.5 million.
It's alleged a nine-year-old child was touching a plasma globe in one of the galleries when the incident happened, leaving them with burns to their hands and wrists
The matter is listed for a mention in the ACT Magistrates Court on September 12.
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Read the article? 'Straya!
It was sarcasm as although Australian, it reads like an American situation.
Fairo - I missed the sarcasm , my bad