SafeWork NSW | Northwest Recycling Centre Pty Ltd has been fined $472,500 in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
The proceedings arose from a serious incident on 8 July 2022, when a worker was fatally injured while attempting to clear a blockage in a Van Gelder Green Waste Grinder from within the feed chute.
Northwest Recycling Centre Pty Ltd plead guilty to an offence pursuant to section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) for failing to comply with its duty to workers under section 19(1) of the Act.
Northwest Recycling Centre Pty Ltd has the right to appeal against the sentence.
