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Australia | Hay processing company fined $595,000 over worker injury

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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.

– Accurate at time of publication | May 2025

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