Contract cleaners were used to clean equipment at this meat export processing establishment. On 21 August 1997 a female cleaner with three months service was cleaning the pork viscara table while it was running. During this process the worker became entangled in the machinery and suffered a fractured rib, contusion of the lung, a crushed liver, ulnar nerve damage and paraesthesia of the face.
The cleaning service (Domenic Ferraro) has been successfully prosecuted in relation to this incident.
The defendant pleaded guilty. The penalty was considered under section 22(5).
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