S08 E12: Jumping Castles Part Two

Season 08 Episode 12: Jumping Castles Part Two

WARNING: This episode includes discussion about fatal events impacting children and families – we advise listener discretion.

The WhyWork Podcast Team, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, discuss the complexities of a prosecutorial strategy when fatal events occur at a school: children who die as a result of a windstorm and out-of-control, airborne jumping castle. Those involved in the work design include a jumping castle supplier, the workplace host, a school, and an overseas manufacturer.

Alan shares his grief in retelling this tale and pays his respect to the families and all involved. Trajce delves into the legal concerns, “There are concurrent, non-delegable duties,” he says, “with distinct but interconnected duties and responsibilities from the design, manufacturer, supplier, and distributor.” Sara adds a human factors perspective on the integration of technology and plant in work system – the readiness levels for technology, commercialisation, humans, and organisations. She recognises the commercial realities opposing the principles of prosecution. Alan laments the challenges of recognising recreational events as serious workplace with plant and work systems that must be management well to support health and safety.

Listen to Season 04 Episode 11: The Things we Do For Fun, for more on this story.

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