Business News | G and G Mining Fabrication will pay more than $500,000 over a workplace incident at its workshop that caused a worker to lose his eye and suffer serious head injuries.
The Hazelmere-based company pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment that caused serious harm to a worker over an incident in August 2021.
Midland Magistrates Court fined G and G Mining $500,000 and ordered the company to pay more than $6,500 in costs.
In a written statement, WorkSafe said the incident involved a steel plate weighing more than 500 kilogrammes, known as a “lug plate,” falling on the boilermaker’s head while he was fabricating a hook-up assembly for an excavator bucket.
As a result, the boilermaker incurred several significant injuries, including the loss of an eye and multiple skull-based fractures.
According to WorkSafe, the injured boilermaker considered the lug plate secured by turnbuckles which were welded on to provide additional restraint.
WorkSafe said G and G Mining Fabrication did have a relevant safe work procedure both documented and in place, however it was not utilised or provided to workers.
