Say goodnight differently.

Packaging fine Alto has been fined $250K after a worker got their fingers into a machine, I presume accidentally.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/packaging-firm-previous-failings-fined-250k-after-worker-loses-fingers-in-unguarded-machine

The story states that the worker had the tips of two of their fingers removed after the incident. The worker has been compensated $32K.

Alto has been remiss previously and the fine is probably fair enough, as is the worker compensation as it's out of the fine.

What is not fair is this statement from Chief inspector, specialist interventions, Hayden Mander, who said the company should have been aware of the risks involved.

<i>"This company has not learned from its previous failings. If you've been subject to 10 notices for health and safety failings since 2014, you've got to know you're not doing something right," he said.

"The right response to this alarming record should have been a company-wide review of its machine guarding - instead a worker has been left with life changing injuries."</i>

Life changing injuries?

Get off the grass!

The only thing "life changing" about losing the tips of two fingers is that this worker will, at the end of each shift, now have to find a new way of saying goodnight to the boss.