A television production company has admitted breaching health and safety laws after a reality TV contestant suffered burns during filming.
Touchdown Productions pleaded guilty in the Warkworth District Court yesterday to a charge laid by Occupational Safety and Health.
A contestant in Going Straight suffered burns to 12 per cent of his body and needed an eight-hour skin graft operation.
Touchdown owner Julie Christie and producer Darryl McEwen face separate charges although OSH will seek to withdraw those when the company is sentenced next month. It faces a maximum penalty of $250,000.
- NZPA
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