{"id":79494,"date":"2014-08-28T23:26:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T13:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=79494"},"modified":"2020-08-21T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T08:51:46","slug":"35000-fine-after-worker-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/08\/28\/35000-fine-after-worker-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"$35,000 Fine After Worker Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 28, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parkside Holdings Pty Ltd, operators of the Wondai Sawmill, were fined $35,000 in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today after they pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a workplace health and safety duty after an employee was injured in an industrial accident in 2013.<\/p>\n

The maximum fine the corporation could have received for the Category 2 offence under the Workplace Heath and Safety Act was $1.5 million.<\/p>\n

WHS prosecutor Trajce Cvetkovski told the court that a 23-year-old worker’s left foot had become entrapped after a guard had been removed from a piece of machinery.<\/p>\n

The worker suffered fractures in the incident, which occurred on March 25, 2013 at the Wondai Dry Mill,\u00a0but was now back working at Parkside in another capacity.<\/p>\n

An agreed set of facts and a series of photographs were tendered to the court.<\/p>\n

Barrister Max Spry, appearing for Parkside, said the company had taken every measure possible since to ensure that a similar incident doesn’t happen in future.<\/p>\n

The “end matcher” – the piece of machinery involved in the incident – had been re-engineered and the guarding modified so the lug chain could be adjusted without the need to remove the guard.<\/p>\n

All employees had also been briefed on safe work procedures, extra training had been provided for people working the end matcher, and a new staff member had been employed to monitor the safe operation of equipment.<\/p>\n

Mr Spry said Parkside was the largest employer in Wondai with 32 workers. \u00a0It also supported the local community through sponsorship of the Wondai Show and local sporting groups.<\/p>\n

Arguing against a substantial penalty, Mr Spry said that although the Parkside business overall was profitable, the Wondai Dry Mill actually made a $1.3 million loss last year. He suggested a fine of $40,000 would be in range.<\/p>\n

He said the company takes its responsibilities for safety very seriously and this was a “first offence” by it.<\/p>\n

Acting Magistrate Graham Hillan said Parkside had co-operated with Workplace Health and Safety and had complied with every request asked of them.<\/p>\n

He said the company had done “possibly everything in its power” to ensure that the incident could not occur again and had shown compassion to the injured worker.<\/p>\n

As well as the $35,000 fine, Parkside will have to pay $1000 professional costs and $79.40 court costs. No conviction was recorded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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