Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
16 March 2017
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$264,000
Safety lessons learned:
- Ensure that there were adequate guarding arrangements on the out-feed of the Optimiser;
- Ensure that emergency stop devices on the out-feed of the Optimiser were fully operative, prominent and immediately accessible to each user of the machine;
- Develop, document, implement, communicate, and monitor the effectiveness of a safe system of work for the operation of the Optimiser. This would include:
- Developing and implementing safe operating procedures for all operations on the Optimiser including the hazards in the outfeed area; and
- Ensuring that all workers working on the Optimiser were trained and supervised according to the safe operating procedures.
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