Government of Western Australia | A hay processing company in regional WA has been fined $595,000 and ordered to pay $5,510 costs over a serious worker injury.
HA Hold Co Pty Ltd pleaded guilty after a leading hand was injured in January 2023 when he climbed onto an unguarded conveyor belt at a Carani hay press, causing a degloving leg injury.
In 2022, a safety consultant warned of the unguarded area, but no guarding was installed until after the incident. The company lacked a documented procedure for clearing blockages, and installed a mesh guard only afterwards.
