SAFETY

Quarry fined $160k for 2022 fall that broke worker's back

Kimberley Quarry also failed to preserve the site of the incident

The scene of the incident.

The scene of the incident. | Credits: Kimberley Quarry

Quarry operator Kimberley Quarry was fined $160,000 in the Geraldton Magistrates Court on June 27 for a 2022 incident in which a worker fell from a horizontal screening machine and sustained major injuries,...

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