An engineer tells a court the Tasmanian operator of a jumping castle at the centre of a 2021 tragedy was inconsistent and not competent to make the necessary safety assessments or deviations from the manufacturer's instructions.
Parents stand outside the Devonport Magistrate Court , where hearings continue into the 2021 Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy that caused the deaths of their children.Inflatables expert and mechanical engineer Roderick McDonald continued giving evidence in the Devonport Magistrates Court on the 2021 jumping castle tragedy at Hillcrest Primary School , which caused the deaths of six children.
Ms Gamble's business Taz-Zorb was operating the jumping castle and zorb balls, and is accused of failing to properly anchor the jumping castle to the ground or mitigate risk factors. After three years, Hillcrest families endure four days of details about the few minutes that tore them apart Mr McDonald said if one engineer was able to complete such an inspection in two days, it would cost a business owner between $1,000 and $2,000.
On several occasions Mr McDonald described Taz-Zorb's approach as inconsistent, and again on Tuesday morning, compared the need for consistency in jumping castle operation to road safety.He also told the court that although the jumping castle was not being operated competently and the anchors used did not meet Australian standards, Taz-Zorb's issues all could have been "remediated or managed".
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