The federal government has been fined after a primary school-aged child endured second-degree burns at the nation’s largest science education centre.
The government was fined $140,000 on Thursday as a result.
A prosecutor told the court in August that Questacon had identified a fire risk from the combination of hand sanitiser and the plasma globe as early as February 2022, five months before the incident.
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The Department of Industry, Science, Technology and Resources pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to comply with health and safety duties causing the risk of death or serious injury.
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The federal government has been fined after a primary school-aged child endured second-degree burns at the nation’s largest science education centre.
The nine-year-old girl suffered burns to her hands when she used alcohol-based hand sanitiser and touched a plasma globe exhibit at Questacon, a government-run centre in Canberra known to attract school excursions and young families, in July 2022.
The government was fined $140,000 on Thursday as a result.
The ACT Magistrates Court heard in August that the girl, from Darwin, had tried to sleep, brush her hair and teeth and write due to pain after the incident, which occurred on a family holiday.
A prosecutor told the court in August that Questacon had identified a fire risk from the combination of hand sanitiser and the plasma globe as early as February 2022, five months before the incident.
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