Last Friday (12/06/09), Morgan Sawmill Jamestown and its three principals were fined $12,600 over an incident at its Jamestown premises in January 2007, which left a worker injured.
The court heard how a male worker sustained finger injuries adjusting a timber-moulding machine whilst it was still running. He has since recovered and returned to work.
SafeWork SA prosecuted after finding that a safety interlock device, which would have prevented the access to the machine whilst in operation, had been removed and bypassed.
This occurred during a 6-month wait for a replacement interlock to come from overseas.
Business owners may wish to use this unfortunate prosecution as a reminder to develop, implement and maintain adequate workplace safety systems, becuase not only can people be injured, but key people who had the authority to make a diffrence can be personally fined and prosecuted.
EQAS can assist in further development of OHS Management Systems to ensure the risk of workplace incidents is minimised.
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