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Karara fined after worker's hand crushed

KARARA Mining has been fined $120,000 and ordered to pay $7459 in costs in the Perth Magistrates Court over a January 2019 incident in which a worker's hand was trapped in unguarded machinery.

 Karara in court

Karara in court

Karara pleaded guilty in front of a magistrate to failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment. The worker had been hosing off the upper proximity sensor on a dart valve at the Karara...

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