OHS Alert-PCBU identified "unacceptable" risks but didn't control them, plant with inaudible alarm caused amputation

PCBU identified "unacceptable" risks but didn't control them, plant with inaudible alarm caused amputation

An employer has been convicted and fined after a worker's leg was crushed by moving equipment with an alarm he couldn't hear over other noise and through his hearing protection. The employer had assessed such an incident as "almost certain" to occur, but didn't take any steps to prevent it.

 

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