On average each year in Queensland there are 38 accepted workers’ compensation claims for crush injuries involving machinery and fixed plant in the agricultural, forestry and fishing industries. Around half of these are for serious injuries requiring five or more days off work.
Since 2013, Worksafe Queensland has been notified of 48 incidents involving machinery and fixed plant injuries and have issued 536 statutory notices related to the risk of mobile or stationary plant within the agricultural, forestry and fishing industries.
In a recent case in May 2019, a worker’s foot needed to be surgically amputated on site after coming into contact with three operating exposed augers at the bottom of a feeder bin trailer.
Read more about this case and how to prevent similar injuries.