Beetroot Harvesting Management Group Pty Ltd

On 28 July 2005, a driver employed by a transport company received injuries to his leg when his boot became caught in the cleaning section of a beetroot cleaner/grader.

s.24(1) and s.28(3) Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995

• develop and implement a formal occupational health and safety management system
• implement a series of third party audits of the occupational health and safety management system consistent with AS/NZS 4801
• implement recommendations resulting from the audits of the occupational health and safety management system
• fund the attendance of five employees on first aid and cardio pulmonary resuscitation courses
• provide first aid and cardio pulmonary resuscitation courses to employees of other beetroot farmers outside the Beetroot Harvesting Management Group
• fund a consultant to conduct compliance audits on farms in the Gatton area
• develop and implement an Occupational Health and Safety Committee structure
• place case study articles in appropriate industry magazines, and
• deliver a series of information seminars on the lessons learned from this incident.

This undertaking has a total minimum expenditure of $44 391 (including recoverable departmental costs).

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