Quarrying services company fined after worker breaks back in fall
Quarrying services company Kimberley Quarry Pty Ltd was today fined $167,000 after a screening machine operator fell more than three metres while changing heavy screens and sustained multiple injuries, including internal bleeding, ligament damage and a spinal fracture.
Kimberley Quarry pleaded guilty in the Geraldton Magistrates Court to two offences under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)—exposing workers to a risk of death, injury or harm to health and failing to preserve the site of a notifiable incident.