A concrete company has been fined $230,000 after a worker who slipped while using a saw severed three fingers in a horror workplace accident. Today his workplace, Canterbury Concrete Cutting NZ Limited, was fined for the "absolutely preventable" accident. "I ask employers and workers to consider the long term impact of losing three fingers. The company was fined $229,921 for the accident. Canterbury Concrete Cutting NZ Limited must also pay $23,400 in reparations for failing to appropriately manage risk and identify safe work methods and controls in the workplace.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 19, 2020 04:30 UTC