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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.
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
$4,399.00 for consequential loss
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