MACHINERY NOT INSPECTED
CONTRACTOR FINED £lO. (Per Press Association.) NELSON, March 29. A case of considerable interest to contractors and others -was heard before Mr T. E. Maunsell, S.M., to-day, when the Inspector of Machinery proceeded against W. H. Williamson, contractor, for using machinery for 1 which a certificate had not been issued. The case arose out of an accident in which an employee at the new hospital lost two or three fingers, and in consequence of a subsequent inspection of the plant made by the inspector it was found that no license had been issued for the particular machine. « . Defendant pleaded guilty. He explained that through an oversight no license had been obtained. Since the accident the plant had been dismantled. There had been no intention to evade the Act.
The inspector said there was no guard over the machine. If the Department had been notified when it was erected, the use of the machine would have been prohibited until it was made safe. If the machinery had been inspected the accident probably would not have happened, or it would not have been such a serious one.
The Magistrate said he would have to look upon the offence as a serious one. He thought it should be generally known by contractors and others who uses machinery that it had to he inspected by the Department. The object was to see that it was safe for workmen. The maximum penalty was £IOO. The inspector had stated that the accident would not have happened if the law had been complied with. He must also take into account that the penalty must he a substantial one. as a warning to other tradesmen. A fine of £lO would be imposed, with costs, £2 3s.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10704, 30 March 1926, Page 8
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