Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
29 April 2013
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$30,000
Safety lessons learned:
The log splitter should be operated two-handed.
Defendant name:
Forest and Farm Services Limited
Industry:
Manufacturing
Date of offence:
29 April 2013
Facts in brief:
The Defendant company operates a logging contracting business based in Putaruru and engages casual labour as required.
The Defendant was the employer of the victim who on 29 April 2013, while at work, suffered lacerations to the thumb and index finger of his right hand, resulting in the surgical amputation of his index finger, when they were caught between the blade of a firewood log splitter and a block of wood he was holding.
Approximately a year before the accident the control lever connecting the two hand controls on the machine broke. Mr Graeme Ross Kingstone, the Defendant’s sole director, did not re-connect the hand controls. Instead, he modified
The Defendant was the employer of the victim who on 29 April 2013, while at work, suffered lacerations to the thumb and index finger of his right hand, resulting in the surgical amputation of his index finger, when they were caught between the blade of a firewood log splitter and a block of wood he was holding.
Approximately a year before the accident the control lever connecting the two hand controls on the machine broke. Mr Graeme Ross Kingstone, the Defendant’s sole director, did not re-connect the hand controls. Instead, he modified
Offence section:
S6 Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Date(s) charged:
Court:
Tokoroa - District Court
Plea:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Convicted
Fine imposed:
$30,000
Maximum fine available:
$250,000
Reparation:
$15,000
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