Are your 'Augers' properly guarded? Are workers trained, by you, in their usage and risks present? A grain store and one of its directors have been fined a total of $112,000 after an employee’s hand was caught in machinery at the business.
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How is the 'Traffic Flow' in your work yard and sheds? A worker was seriously injured by a moving forklift.The defendant failed to: ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, the provision and maintenance of a safe system of work in relation to the task which minimised the risk [of] pedestrians coming into contact with […]
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Media Release | 18/05/2016 A Hillston potato farm has been fined $187,500 after a truck driver died when he was run over by a forklift at the farm in December 2013. Oakville Produce Pty Ltd was charged under section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 with a breach of its duty under section 19(1) […]
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Media Release | 11/12/2015 SafeWork NSW has issued a warning to farms and rural workplaces in South West NSW to be safe while working with and around grain augers after two workers suffered amputations. The incidents occurred within two days late last month at farms at Leeton and Lake Cargelligo with SafeWork NSW initial investigations […]
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