Photo / NZMEA Tauranga-based biosecurity company has been fined $245,000 after an employee working on an internationally flagged ship outside New Zealand waters was badly injured. The employee suffered significant injuries, including a severely broken leg, after falling 2m off a log stack and it took nine hours for crew members to notice he was missing. The Tauranga District Court this morning fined Genera Limited and ordered the company to pay reparation for emotional harm and consequential loss to the employee. The company pleaded guilty to breaching its duties under HSWA by exposing its employee to risk of death or serious injury. Abbott said the incident had severe consequences for the employee and there were many actions Genera could have taken to prevent harm.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 14, 2021 01:52 UTC