Court Summary - at a glance

Date of offence:
21 October 2017
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Decision:
Convicted
 
Final decision date:
 
Fine imposed:
$300,000.00

Safety lessons learned:
  • Ensure plant is safe, including through installing appropriate guarding on moving parts; and
  • Provide adequate information, training, instruction and supervision to workers.

Defendant name:
Goldpine Industries Limited
 
Industry:
Manufacturing
 
Date of offence:
21 October 2017
 
Facts in brief:
The Defendant is an outdoor timber specialist and processes and sells timber posts and poles, kitset farm buildings, treated sawn timber and other products for outdoor use.

The machine involved in the incident is known as the quarter station and its purpose is to cut logs lengthways into half rounds or quarter rounds. The machinery comprises a number of mechanised conveyer belts and bench saws.

The victim suffered severe and life changing injuries when he became entangled in the rotating shaft of the saw 1 transfer deck of the quarter station.
 
Offence section:
Sections 48(1) and 2(c), and 36(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
 
Date(s) charged:
15 October 2018

Court:
Nelson - District Court
 
Plea:
Guilty
 
Final decision date:
 
Decision:
Convicted
 
Fine imposed:
$300,000.00
 
Maximum fine available:
$1.5 million
 
Reparation:
$70,000.00 for emotional harm
$4,399.00 for consequential loss
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