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KiwiRail to pay about $250,000 in fines in reparation over worker's 10-metre fall
WorkSafe finds 'fundamental failures' in KiwiRail's introduction of new communications poles
Worker says some good has come out of the situation
KiwiRail commits to doing better.
KiwiRail has been fined more than $200,000 for breaching health and safety laws when an employee fell 10 metres while installing a communications pole.
WorkSafe says the fall was preventable and KiwiRail admitted a charge of breaching the health and safety at work act.
The employee who fell, senior telecommunications technician Myles Dyeming, suffered a torn artery, a torn liver, a broken s
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