McCain admits unsafe working environment
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McCain Foods has pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment after an employee was injured at its Ballarat factory in Victoria's west in 2006.
The Ballarat Magistrates Court heard Gary Paul Lennecke was about to carry out maintenance on a pizza crust shredder when it started unexpectedly, ripping skin and flesh from one of his fingers.
The Victorian Worksafe Authority found the switch to turn off the machine was not correctly labelled, resulting in the wrong switch being flicked, and the interlock system for the machine and the emergency stop button were effected by corrosion.
McCain also admitted to five prior offences.
The company will be sentenced next week and faces a fine of up to $120,000.
