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HEALTH AND SAFETY PROSECUTIONS<br />

GIUSEPPE FARANDA (TRADING AS S.T.G. & A. FARANDA)<br />

Date of offence: 5 September 2003<br />

Date of prosecution:<br />

Magistrate:<br />

Plea:<br />

27 January <strong>2005</strong> at Werribee Magistrates’ Court<br />

His Honour Magistrate Docking<br />

Guilty<br />

On 5 September 2003 in Werribee South, an employee of S.T.G. & A. Faranda was operating an onion<br />

sorting machine when her hand became caught between the cutting rollers of the machine.<br />

Emergency services attended and released the employee’s hand from the machine by removing one<br />

of the rollers.<br />

As a result of the incident, the employee sustained fractures to her hand and fingers.<br />

Breach: Sections 21(1) & (2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985.<br />

Result: Without conviction fined $2,500.<br />

PROSECUTIONS <strong>2005</strong><br />

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