ProTen Holdings Pty Ltd
On 13 October 2020, at a farm owned by ProTen Holdings Pty Ltd in Griffith NSW, a worker employed by a contractor to undertake straw bedding services at the farm, was fatally injured when he was struck and run over by a reversing telehandler operated by another contractor employee.
Alleged breach
ProTen Holdings Pty Ltd contravened section 20(2) and 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
Summary of undertaking
Activities ProTen Holdings Pty Ltd will undertake include:
- Undertaking a research project involving the identification, trial, and where appropriate, implementation of technological solutions to significantly mitigate risks and enhance safety protocols around the interactions between people and mobile plant equipment in the workplace, within the wider broiler chicken farming industry.
- Customisation and implementation of a comprehensive mobile chicken farm app to enhance safety and risk management on chicken farms.
- Delivering a series of safety leadership programs to build capabilities at various levels within the agricultural sector.
- Sponsoring an annual safety prize for three years to promote safety improvements on chicken broiler farms.
This undertaking has a total expenditure of $250,000.
Reasons for accepting undertaking
- The alleged contravention does not appear to be a section 31 Reckless conduct category 1 offence, which if it was the case, would preclude the proposed undertaking from being accepted
- The nature of the alleged contravention and the actions taken by ProTen Holdings Pty Ltd in response to the incident are assessed as being appropriate for consideration of an undertaking
- The strategies proposed in the undertaking have been assessed as likely to deliver long term sustainable safety improvements in the workplace, industry and community
- The undertaking addresses the requirements contained within the “Enforceable Undertakings – Guidelines for Proposing a WHS Undertaking”.
Date accepted:
30 April 2024
Further information
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