A Perth construction company has been hit with the highest ever fine under WA’s workplace safety laws, ordered to pay $1.75 million over the death of tradie Adrian Fariña Pacheco.
AR Constrictions pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker following the July 2024 incident, when Fariña Pacheco was hit by a falling steel column at the Malaga building site.
A Worksafe Australia spokeswoman said Fariña Pacheco was working for AR Constructions on a Glask Constructions site to erect structural steel when he was killed.
“On the day of the incident, three AR…