Highline Produce in Kingsville has been fined $115,000 plus a 25 per cent victims’ surcharge after a worker was critically injured at the plant more than two years ago.
The worker was rolling and sanitizing nets on the net washing machine when the nets became misaligned. The worker was trying to realign the nets when his hands got caught on a rotating bar.
The Ministry of Labour investigated and discovered there were no measures, procedures, guards, or other devices in place to prevent workers from becoming entangled.
