Jumping Castle Operator Charged Over Hillcrest Tragedy

Published on November 18, 2023

A jumping castle operator has been charged with breaching workplace safety laws following the deaths of six primary school students in Tasmania.  Chace Harrison, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Zane Mellor, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan and Peter Dodt died after a jumping castle was lifted into the air at Hillcrest Primary School on Dec. 16, 2021.  They were enjoying end-of-year celebrations with classmates on the school’s oval. Tasmania’s workplace safety regulator on Nov. 17 said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had filed a complaint in the Devonport Magistrates Court.  “The DPP has charged Taz-Zorb, the operator of the jumping castle, with a category two offence under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012,” WorkSafe Tasmania said. ...

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