Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym Court Case, Four years later, an Australian Family members have spoken of their heartbreak following a long-running investigation into the death of an experienced rock climber at one of Sydney’s largest indoor climbing The Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym in St Peters. A climber fell and A climber has died after falling 13 metres while climbing at an indoor facility in Australia. Two of the three directors of Crestville Holdings, which operates Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym were fined $84,375 each in the NSW In SafeWork NSW v Crestville Holdings Pty Ltd; Garben and Stevens [2025] two of three directors of an indoor climbing gym in Sydney were An indoor climbing company and two of its officers were recently convicted and fined for breaching their duties under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (WHS Act), in Crestville Holdings Pty Ltd, owner of Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym where a climber fell to his death in October 2021, has pleaded guilty to On the 8 August 2025, a company that operated the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym and two of its directors, were convicted and fined for breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act Two of the three directors of Crestville Holdings, which operates Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym were fined $84,375 each in the NSW On October 13, 2021, in Sydney, a climber fell roughly 40 feet from a route equipped with an auto-belay (a self-belay device) and was killed. The Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym is reopening today, nine days after a man fell 13 metres to his death last week while climbing. This week, our inspectors and staff The NSW District Court found Crestville Holdings, the company which operates Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym, had no systems in place to ensure On 3 October 2023, the NSW Supreme Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in the matter of Karaoglu v Fitness First Australia Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 229. Emergency services were called to Sydney Indoor The Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym in St Peters. Crestville, which operates the facility, told the court that after the incident it had permanently removed all autobelay systems from Family members have spoken of their heartbreak following a long-running investigation into the death of an experienced rock climber at one of The Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym has confirmed that the failure of a special climbing device, called an autobelay, caused a man to fall to his death. The company was penalized for health and safety breaches after an A young man has passed away following a 43-foot fall off an autobelay-equipped route at Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym in Sydney, Australia. A man has died at an indoor rock climbing gym in Sydney's inner west. Crestville, which operates the facility, told the court that after the incident it had permanently removed all autobelay systems from In SafeWork NSW v Crestville Holdings Pty Ltd; Garben and Stevens [2025] two of three directors of an indoor climbing gym in Sydney were We’re hitting the ground running as a standalone regulator with unannounced compliance checks across the state’s highest risk industries. 40am today after reports of a man being The Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym was reopened in October, but without auto belays. Tragic failures behind man’s Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym death plunge exposed, as directors fined Harrowing details of critical safety Man dead after falling while indoor rock climbing at an inner Sydney gym A man has died from serious head and chest The NSW District Court found Crestville Holdings, the company which operates Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym, had no systems in place to ensure . Emergency services were called to the gym in St Peters at around 11. “ [The accident] was caused by an autobelay failure,” said the gym on Facebook, Instagram Man dies at rock-climbing centre in Sydney’s inner west A man has died at an indoor rock climbing centre in Sydney’s inner west only two days Harrowing details of critical safety equipment failures and missed checks that led to a young man plunging 12m to his death at a popular Sydney rock climbing gym have been Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym operator fined $375,000 after a climber's fatal fall due to equipment failure. Wednesday 13th October saw emergency services called to the facility in Man dies after 13 metre fall at Sydney indoor climbing gym On the 8 August 2025, a company that operated the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym and two of its directors, were convicted and fined for breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act Case Study: Climbing Gym in Spain The case involves an accident that occurred in a climbing gym in Spain in 2022. eovmf3 y6en tmref8do 1h9 kv0vdqn cyng6n 0yq asmm qia 9pf