Learning from Prosecutions - Auger Guarding

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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Learning from Prosecutions - Traffic Flow

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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Farm Forklift Death
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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...
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Auger Amputation
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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...
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