Steggles Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $160,000 after a worker’s hand was severed by a hock cutting blade on a conveyor line which lacked adequate guarding.?
While performing cleaning duties near the conveyor line, a Steggles worker saw an item of product that had come partially unattached from the conveyor line. While attempting to reattach the loose product, one of the worker’s fingers on his right hand got caught in a shackle on the conveyor run. The worker was unable to extract his finger and his hand was dragged by the conveyor line for approximately one metre, through a hock cutter, which severed his right hand from his body.
Steggles failed to adequately guard the conveyor line and the hock cutter, despite prior knowledge of the safety risk. The Court acknowledged Steggles had imposed administrative controls many years before to minimise, but not eliminate, the risk.?
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6 个月Ah, did you not see the New Part 2A of the Building Regulations 2010, in force on 1st Oct 2023, which requires (designers and Contractors) to make exactly this,... type of statement - that the works are in compliance (with the relevant requirements of the Building Regulations). ??