RECKLESS conduct charges have been laid against a Queensland based cattle company and two of the company’s officers after a worker suffered a serious crush injury to their arm.
According to NT WorkSafe two station hands were installing fence posts at Vermelha Station in the Katherine Region in November 2022. One worker was operating a tractor with an attached post-driver, while the other worker was manually positioning the fence posts. The worker manually positioning the fence post had his arm crushed by the post-driver, which later had to be amputated.
NT WorkSafe will allege that the…
