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NZSki to pay almost $600K for 2019 death of skier who hit Coronet Peak fence

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Queenstown skifield operator NZSki must pay $598,000 for its role in the death of skier Anita Graf-Russell at Coronet Peak. The company was found guilty and convicted on a WorkSafe charge that it had not taken reasonably practicable steps to ensure the mountain was without risks to the health and safety of any person. GraF-Russell, 60, a former ski instructor, was skiing with friends on the morning of September 21, 2019, when she skied into a post of a fence causing extensive injuries, which led to her death.

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Skifield ordered to pay nearly $600k after instructor's death

Anita Graf Skifield owner NZSki must pay nearly $600,000 in penalties in relation to the death of a Queenstown woman at Coronet Peak in 2019.

·Otago, New Zealand
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NZSki to pay almost $600K for 2019 death of skier who hit Coronet Peak fence

Anita Graf-Russell was a former ski instructor who died from injuries sustained when she skied into a deer fence post surrounding a snow-making reservoir.

·New Zealand
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Stuff broke the news in New Zealand on Monday, October 9, 2023.
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