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- Man's head crushed by digger
Tuesday Nov 03, 2009 A worker has a serious head injury and a broken leg after being hit by a digger bucket in the Auckland Suburb of Okahu Bay. The digger was being unloaded from the back of a truck when the accident happened. The... - Employer Fine Increased
A rubbish truck company charged after one of its drivers fatally backed over his son must now pay nearly $150,000 after a Government department successfully appealed a lighter sentence. The Department of Labour appealed the... - Employers able to buy back 4th week of holidays
The government will let employers offer staff a cash payment to replace the fourth week of their annual holidays, reversing a crucial element of the previous Government's Holidays Act. Businesses say many employees will jump at the... - Firm fined nearly $200,000 after employee loses legs
A Taranaki recycling company has been ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in fines and reparation for workplace safety breaches which resulted in an employee losing his legs. Thirty-seven-year-old Ben Hekenui lost one leg above, and the... - Man dies at factory after head trapped
A man was killed Thursday March 19th when his head became trapped in machinery at an Ashburton plastics factory. Emergency services were called to RX Plastics in suburban Tinwald shortly after 2am. The department of labour is investigating. - 34 year old Seaman dies from crush injuries
The chief engineer of a cruise ship has died three weeks after being crushed during a fire drill. The 34-year-old Australian had been fighting for his life in Hawke's Bay Hospital since the February 19 accident, when he was trapped... - No PGs allowed until after 90 days...find out more
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