An Indian man was killed in a workplace accident with a potato harvester on a farm in Puni, near Pukekohe, on Saturday. Photo / Jason OxenhamThe farm worker who died on Saturday after becoming trapped in a potato harvester in Pukekohe was an Indian man whose family had spent a fortune sending him to New Zealand to study. The accident happened at a potato farm on Settlement Rd, near Puni, shortly before 1pm. The farm worker had reportedly reached to take out something out of the machine when he was pulled in. Earlier this month WorkSafe sentenced another company over the death of a worker in April 2016 after he became trapped in a potato harvester on a farm in Horowhenua.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 18, 2018 21:11 UTC