TWO WORKERS are in hospitalised, after one of them lost a hand, and the other’s was badly crushed during routine maintenance work.
The two Victorian men had been carrying out maintenance work on a press at Willow Ware Australia, Tullamarine, in the early hours of 19 February 2009, when the machine activated.
WorkSafe Victoria’s Executive Director, John Merritt, said he is concerned at the amount of work left to do in order to create safer workplaces.
He says the same things which have been killing workers since the industrial revolution are still killing people, except the incidents get worse because the machines are stronger and faster.
Employers and workers, under Australian law, have workplace safety obligations. According to the workplace safety authority, relying on good luck, or fixing safety problems after someone gets hurt is not good enough.
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