The sole cause of an apprentice's leg amputation was a PCBU's decision to use a rundown machine, and not the apprentice placing himself in an unsafe position, a court has found. Meanwhile, an employer has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in fines and reparations after a worker lost an eye in a chemical incident.
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