Ouch. Now that's a Fine!

**Paul in NZ** · 17th December 2014, 06:27

Bloody hell - OK - repeat warnings (dumb buggers) but thank goodness Work Safe don't patrol the streets...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farm...d-bike-helmets

Its interesting though because a lot of us use vehicles as a workplace...

**hayd3n** · 17th December 2014, 06:42

i guess its treated the same way as running machinery with its safety guards removed

**skippa1** · 17th December 2014, 06:44

Tey will be coming into your property soon telling you what you can and cant do...

whole thing has gone mad....osh, now worksafe. What happened to a bit of personal responsibility

**unstuck** · 17th December 2014, 06:44

Bit dumb of them really.
But can understand to a degree, it can be a hassle when working, to keep track of your helmet.

**mashman** · 17th December 2014, 06:59

OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG panic, ahhh, ahhh, help someone's not wearing a helmet, they could die.

Think about the risk factor people. Don't get out of bed in the morning.

**Murray** · 17th December 2014, 07:22

.. but still 35 farmers come off their quad bikes every day," Zohrab said.

Wonder where they got that statistic from???

**awayatc** · 17th December 2014, 07:23

There is something very very wrong in this country.....

and worst thing is that we all just shrug our shoulders.....

But the more we accept, the more they will throw at us...

It wont stop, or go away...

It will get worse..

**oldrider** · 17th December 2014, 07:35

Why didn't they just increase their ACC and lower ours?

**Tazz** · 17th December 2014, 07:49

Originally Posted by skippa1

Tey will be coming into your property soon telling you what you can and cant do...

whole thing has gone mad....osh, now worksafe. What happened to a bit of personal responsibility

Pffft, that kinda backwards thinking doesn't create any jobs now does it

What a fucking joke.

**Paul in NZ** · 17th December 2014, 07:58

Originally Posted by Murray

.. but still 35 farmers come off their quad bikes every day," Zohrab said.

Wonder where they got that statistic from???

ACC I suspect....

Bound to be accurate.... cough....

**imdying** · 17th December 2014, 09:31

They were told many times. The rules were explained to them. None of this was ambiguous. They were given so many opportunities to comply. Even now, they would still expect, and be given, free medical treatment should they injure themselves. Making that small effort to mitigate that risk was the only thing being asked of them. They weren't being asked to fit roll bars and wear full armor setups, or anything even remotely complicated or expensive

**bogan** · 17th December 2014, 09:38

Originally Posted by Murray

.. but still 35 farmers come off their quad bikes every day," Zohrab said.

Wonder where they got that statistic from???

Well they probably looked at the number of fatalities and injuries helmets could prevent and decided it was fuck all, so had to go with something a little more scary...

**buggerit** · 17th December 2014, 11:32

Originally Posted by bogan

Well they probably looked at the number of fatalities and injuries helmets could prevent and decided it was fuck all, so had to go with something a little more scary...

I wonder if the Worksafe employee was dealt too, if this would be considered a motorcycle related injury?

**Flip** · 17th December 2014, 11:57

Good on the courts.

Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations and these share milkers deserve every thing they get.

OK $40k is a bit steep but they have got the message.

**Scuba_Steve** · 17th December 2014, 12:06

Originally Posted by Flip

Good on the courts.

Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations and these share milkers deserve every thing they get.

OK $40k is a bit steep but they have got the message.

Have they? reckon couple months they'll be back to usual...