Safe use of machinery
Media releases - machine guarding
The Department of Labour’s Safe Use of Machinery project aims to reduce the number of people being injured or killed because of unguarded or inadequately guarded machinery.
- Businesses urged to focus on machine guarding basics - 21 Dec 2012
- Fine follows wood chipper incident - 21 Dec 2012
- Meat processor fined after serious injury - 14 Dec 2012
- Bee keeping business fined after worker loses top of finger - 7 Dec 2012
- Business fined after worker traps hand - 7 Dec 2012
- Meat processor fined after employee crushes hand - 8 Nov 2012
- Manurewa recycling company fined after employee loses arm - 31 Oct 2012
- Restaurant fined after employee seriously injured in pasta machine - 17 Oct 2012
- Winstone Pulp fined $29,000 for unguarded saw - 7 Sep 2012
- Kerikeri conveyor accident highlights importance of machine guarding - 6 Aug 2012
- Arm amputation accident highlights importance of machine guarding - 30 Jul 2012
- Sawmill company fined $20,000 after worker trapped in unguarded machine - 17 Jul 2012
- Taranaki company fined $60,000 after employee seriously injured by sawmill - 6 Jul 2012
- Lucky escape for worker injured by poorly guarded machinery - 26 Jun 2012
- Workplace injury highlights importance of machine guarding - 10 May 2012
- Action plan to reduce manufacturing injuries - 13 Mar 2012
- Fonterra to pay $62,500 for finger amputation - 7 Mar 2012
- Employee's fingers amputated in machine accident - 5 Mar 2012
- Employee loses part of finger on unguarded auger - 3 Feb 2012
- Feedback sought on plan to reduce manufacturing work toll - 6 Dec 2011
- Poultry producer fined after employee loses part of finger - 27 Sep 2011
- Company fined after contractor injures hand on unguarded machine - 18 Aug 2011
- Ancient kauri manufacturer fined after employee severes fingers - 12 Aug 2011
- Goodman Fielder employee loses fingers in machine - 9 Aug 2011
- Repeat offender kiwi plastics fined $45,000 for unguarded machinery - 4 Aug 2011
- Quarries fined after employee suffers multiple fractures - 29 Jun 2011
- Employee loses fingers in machinery accident - 23 Jun 2011
- Company fined after employee amputates his fingers - 17 Jun 2011
- Kiwi steel fined $237,500 for multiple health and safety breaches - 29 May 2011
- More than $365,000 in fines imposed for inadequate machine guarding - 12 May 2011
- Employee loses finger in unguarded machine - 29 Apr 2011
- Bluebird employee loses finger in dangerous machine - 27 Apr 2011
- Part of employee's fingers amputated in machine - 19 Apr 2011
- Worker injured by unsafe machine - 6 Apr 2011
- Silver fern farms in court after contract worker is injured - 16 Feb 2011
- Too many hurt at work because of inadequate machine guards - 21 Dec 2010
For all other media releases, visit the Department’s media releases page.
