Photo: NZ HeraldA Canterbury renovations company has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in reparations and fines following a worker’s fatal fall from a roof last year. John James Moreton, 56, died while painting the roof of a building in Sydenham, Christchurch last February. As a result, four workers, including the victim, were exposed to the risk of injury or death. Lynch ordered the company to pay reparations of $261,695, along with a fine of $37,500. “This was an unprotected and unsafe working environment.”“Lead contractors owe all workers onsite a duty of care, whether they’re subcontractors or your own staff.
