In a continuing national trend, a Northern Territory cattle company, its director and another manager have been charged with safety offences which could see them spend time in prison.
The charges arise from work completed by two station hands who were tasked with fencing duties. One was operating a tractor with a post driver, while the other guided the fence posts into the ground. During the work, the worker placing the fence posts arm was crushed and it was later amputated.
NT WorkSafe laid six charges against the cattle company, the director and manager alleging they did not provide…
