Photo: SuppliedA Christchurch bakery has been fined $200,000 and ordered to pay $45,500 in reparations after a man’s finger and part of his thumb were amputated in a machine roller. After a WorkSafe investigation, French Bakery Ltd admitted to work health and safety failures before it was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday. WorkSafe said the 41-year-old man's hand was pulled into the machine rollers at the bakery in April 2023, 1News reported. The man's index finger was amputated, his thumb was partially amputated, and his middle finger was crushed. WorkSafe principal inspector Shaun Millar said one worker turned a machine on while another had his hand inside it.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 25, 2026 15:38 UTC