WorkCover NSW reported today, a Taree timber recycling mill has been fined $80,000 after a worker received serious crush injuries to his spine, resulting in paraplegia.
Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Ltd was convicted and fined $90,000 yesterday over an incident at its “Pampas” factory in West Footscray which left a worker with serious and permanent injuries to his arm after it was crushed in a machine.
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In a recent press release from the Queensland department of justice, a Northgate manufacturer has been fined $120,000 last week over separate workplace incidents that left two workers with serious arm and shoulder injuries.
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Two businesses have received fines totalling $35,000 after a contractor had his thumb crushed in an unguarded machine.
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