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Juice Maker Fined $250,000 After Third Forklift Crash Left Worker Without Toes
Real Juice Company was fined $250,000 after an untrained forklift driver struck a worker in the site's third forklift incident.
A forklift operated by an untrained driver struck a worker at the Real Juice Company, costing her toes. The Industrial Relations Commission found it was the third forklift incident at the same facility.
Drivers at the site had received no training in operating the machinery. The $250,000 fine followed the commission's hearing into these repeated failures.
Why it mattersUntrained workers on heavy machinery create serious legal exposure; this case shows regulators will pursue significant fines when incidents repeat without remediation.
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