How to notify us over the holiday period.
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If someone has been seriously injured, become seriously ill, or died as a result of work – phone us on 0800 030 040 straight away. We have staff available to respond to these 24/7.
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General enquiries
General enquiries made by phone or email after 12pm on Tuesday 24 December will be responded to from Monday 6 January 2025. This does not apply to notifications made by phone on 0800 030 040.
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Court Summary - at a glance
- Ensure guarding is installed between the control booth and the splitting chamber, which provides protection equal or better than the standard set by AS/NZS 4024 and the Guidelines;
- Ensure an effective health and safety system is developed, implemented, maintained and monitored to provide for the assessment of hazards and to determine appropriate controls;
- Ensure an effective procedure is implemented and monitored for an operator to switch off the machine before reaching into the splitting chamber to clear wood.
On the day of the incident, the victim was operating a wood processing machine from a control booth situated next to the machine’s wood splitting chamber. When he reached into the chamber to retrieve a piece of wood, he inadvertently activated a button which activated the splitting ram head. His hand was caught between the splitting ram head and a piece of wood causing a serious crush injury.
The victim suffered the amputation of three fingers and a portion of his right hand, an extensive degloving injury, the fracturing of bones in his forearm, broken ribs, shoulder pain and a punctured lung.
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