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Preventable injury puts seasonal worker safety in focus. - 4.9.23

A teenage worker needed three fingers partly amputated when his summer holiday job went horribly wrong in a workplace incident with a leading stone fruit producer in Central Otago. Matthew Nevill, who was 19 at the time, was trying to fix a chain on a conveyor belt at Clyde... Read more.

Vic manufacturer fined after worker’s fingers severed - 15.8.23

Melton exhaust system manufacturer MPI Global Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $40,000 after a worker had four fingers amputated while using inadequately guarded machinery. The company pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to provide or maintain plant that was safe and without risks to health. The... Read more.

Safety warning issued after electrician injured in explosion - 8.8.23

Energy Safe Victoria has reminded electrical workers to never work live after an electrician was hospitalised with burns from an explosion in the switchboard he was working on. The licensed electrical worker was at a Clifton Hill property on Tuesday, 4 July when he pierced a live cable with... Read more.

Trapped arm a sombre warning on imported machinery - 23.5.23

A multinational company has been sentenced after a worker’s arm got caught in a bark-stripping machine which did not have the appropriate safeguards for New Zealand use. CFGC Forest Managers (NZ) Limited (CFGC) is a forest management and export company. Its parent company, China Forestry Group New Zealand Company... Read more.

Partial finger amputation leads to $50K fine for Vic water corporation - 9.5.23

Utility company Goulburn Valley Region Water Corporation, trading as Goulburn Valley Water, has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a worker was injured while cleaning part of a waste water management system. The corporation was sentenced after pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide or maintain... Read more.