A taxi company has been charged over the deaths of two passengers whose wheelchairs tipped backwards during separate incidents in northern Victoria.
Echuca-Moama Taxi Group is facing four charges brought by WorkSafe of failing to ensure people other than employees were not exposed to heath and safety risks.
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A 63-year-old woman died after her wheelchair fell backwards during a journey in Echuca on February 6, 2021.
A 75-year-old man suffered a fractured sternum on June 28 that year after his chair tipped backwards.
He died from complications while being treated in hospital a week later.
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The workplace health and safety regulator alleges the company failed to maintain a safe system of work or train drivers how to use the wheelchair tie-down system in line with manufacturer's guidelines.
