How to notify us over the holiday period.
Notifications
If someone has been seriously injured, become seriously ill, or died as a result of work – phone us on 0800 030 040 straight away. We have staff available to respond to these 24/7.
If you’re not sure what a notifiable event is, including your obligation to hold a scene, visit What events need to be notified?
Notifications made through our online form won't be monitored between 12pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and 8.30am on Monday 6 January 2025.
If you’re not sure if you need to notify us, use our online notification system and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Health and safety concerns
If you have a health and safety concern that isn’t urgent, use our online form and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Raise a health or safety concern
General enquiries
General enquiries made by phone or email after 12pm on Tuesday 24 December will be responded to from Monday 6 January 2025. This does not apply to notifications made by phone on 0800 030 040.
We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.
Court Summary - at a glance
- Appropriately control the hazard, namely by fitting an adequate guard to the machine.
- Comply with the Australian standard AS4024 for guarding machinery namely to:
- Extend the chipper chute to 1500mm.
- Provide employees with dedicated push sticks to use when required to push smaller debris into the chipper.
- Train chipper operators on safe procedure when there is not a dedicated push stick available.
- Ensure that last chance cords and/or emergency stop devices were installed and operational on the chipper machine.
On 16 December 2013, the employee was working as part of a Treescape crew removing a roadside tree that was near power lined. He was the ground worker and was in charge of the operating the wood chipper. After the last large branches had been fed into the chipper, he noticed several small branches that had not been picked up by the in feed rollers. He used his right foot to kick the branches into the rollers. At the same time the left leg skidded on some loose gravel and his right foot was pulled in by the rollers towards the rotating chipper blades. His right foot was pulled into the chipper.
As a result of his injuries, his right leg had to be amputated to below the knee joint.
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