A heating systems manufacturer has been fined after an employee chopped off four fingers while cutting steel with a guillotine.
The man, who worked at Wellington-based Aquaheat Industries, put his hand into the machine to adjust a sheet of metal he was cutting.
He accidentally pushed down on a pedal which activated the machine, amputating four fingers.
The man's since had three of the fingers successfully reattached.
Aquaheat installed a fixed protective guard to the machine involved the day after the incident.
The Lower Hutt District Court's fined the company $16,000, and ordered it to pay $10,000 in reparations.
- Newstalk ZB
Company fined after worker's fingers guillotined
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