ATV - Fines

Trevor Mark Schroder was fines $25,000 and ordered to pay $20,000 in reparations under the s6 of the HSE Act following a farming accident. The dairy farmer employed a man who drove an ATV into a wire stretched across a farm race. The man was knocked unconscious and suffered sever head injuries including scull fractures. he also has been left with permanent partial disablement.

The victim could not recall whether he was told to wear a helmet when driving the ATV. The victim was also not told a dry herd had been moved and that a poly-wire had been strung across the race.

The DoL said that the farmer failed to ensure that the man wore an helmet while driving and ATV, and did not have an effective system for ensuring hazards were identified and communicated to the employees.