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Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
15 February 2016
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$31,000
Safety lessons learned:
- Ensure employees are either under documented training and close supervision, or deemed competent, to operate a bulldozer in assisting in a line change for a harvest operation; and
- Develop, implement and maintain a specific hazard management plan for operating mobile plant on a track where the stability of mobile plant is compromised by slope, weather or ground conditions.
Defendant name:
NZ Forest Logistics Limited
Industry:
Forestry
Date of offence:
15 February 2016
Facts in brief:
The Defendant company manages forests and forest harvesting operations.
On the day of the incident, an employee was reversing a bulldozer up a track during while assisting with a line shift in a cable harvesting operation. The track was on a sloping gradient, had a steep edge on one side and was narrowed due to slippage. As the employee turned the bulldozer, it toppled sideways and rolled for approximately 65 metres down a steep bank.
The victim suffered a fractured back, fractured hip, and lacerations.
On the day of the incident, an employee was reversing a bulldozer up a track during while assisting with a line shift in a cable harvesting operation. The track was on a sloping gradient, had a steep edge on one side and was narrowed due to slippage. As the employee turned the bulldozer, it toppled sideways and rolled for approximately 65 metres down a steep bank.
The victim suffered a fractured back, fractured hip, and lacerations.
Offence section:
Sections 6 and 50(1)(a) of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Date(s) charged:
Court:
Masterton - District Court
Plea:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Convicted
Fine imposed:
$31,000
Maximum fine available:
$250,000
Reparation:
$36,910
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