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One of the pilots who helped rescue people from Whakaari / White Island feels that WorkSafe has labeled him a criminal.
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Mark Law has been indicted by WorkSafe in connection with the run-up to the eruption. Source: 1 NEWS
Mark Law and another company are included in an extensive investigation now charged in connection with the run-up to the eruption.
The heroic acts of Law and his team at Kahu Helicopters and another helicopter company resulted in 12 people being airlifted from the island when it blew up.
“We did what we said we would do in the event of an eruption,” Law told 1 NEWS.
His company was not on the island when the eruption occurred, but earlier this week WorkSafe indicted Kahu Helicopters.
While he welcomes the investigation, he says that what happened after the eruption should also be included.
“I think the New Zealand public is looking at it and thinking, what is going on here?”
“These people went out and managed to get a lot of people back and bring most of them home,” Law said.
1 NEWS has obtained the appraisal documents. two charges related to the health and safety of staff and tourists detailing what the company was required to do.
“One of them, in particular, has to do with not having an effective response, an emergency response to an event like an eruption is nonsense,” Law said of the charges.
He is very critical of the Worksafe investigation and says he should review his own procedures.
As a business owner for 22 years, he says WorkSafe only visited him once.
“We are quite surprised to be labeled as criminals,” Law said.
Legal expert Bill Hodge says the charges relate solely to how companies manage risk, even if they weren’t on the island.
Now it is up to the court to decide whether companies like Kahu kept people safe.
