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A woman who suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs and serious spinal injuries almost three years ago, has seen her employers fined approximately $70,000 for the inability to protect her.
National Fleet Administrative Services pleaded guilty for failing to provide and ensure a safe work environment.
The company contracts drivers who transport goods. According to WorkSafe, In 2009, a driver was sent to a customers residence to move two large industrial ovens. The driver told the woman, an employee of NFAS, to lift the oven off the factory floor with the help of a device known as a “walkie stacker”. However, the truck did not have “roll stop devices fitted” and the stacker rolled backwards and fell off the end of the truck effectively pinning the woman to the ground.
It was revealed that the driver had not received any training on how to use roll stop devices or how to properly use the tail lift on his truck.
WorkSafe WA Commissioner Lex McCulloch called the driver’s lack of training “a recipe for disaster,” in a statement on Monday.
“The customer’s employee needlessly suffered serious injuries as a result,” he said.
“The case should serve as a reminder to employers of the importance of training workers in all aspects of operating machinery and having safe systems of work in place at all times, especially when handling heavy items.”
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Source: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/company-fined-60k-for-spinal-injuries-20130225-2f1re.html#ixzz2MPdYbua9
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