Press Release – Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says there is a health and safety crisis in the waterfront industry, after the conviction of a stevedoring employer whose negligence led to the death of a young woman employee.
Shannon Brooke Rangihuna-Kemp, 29, an ISO Limited stevedore worker at Eastland Port in Gisborne, died from crush injuries after she was hit by a log that fell from a trailer load she was about to scan in a “tally lane” on 8 October 2018.
ISO Limited was convicted of exposing an individual to risk of harm and illness and ordered to undertake significant health and safety improvements last week in the Gisborne District Court.
Monday, 1 February 2021, 5:09 pm
The Maritime Union says there is a health and safety
crisis in the waterfront industry, after the conviction of a
stevedoring employer whose negligence led to the death of a
young woman employee.
Shannon Brooke Rangihuna-Kemp,
29, an ISO Limited stevedore worker at Eastland Port in
Gisborne, died from crush injuries after she was hit by a
log that fell from a trailer load she was about to scan in a
“tally lane” on 8 October 2018.
ISO Limited was
convicted of exposing an individual to risk of harm and
illness and ordered to undertake significant health and
safety improvements last week in the Gisborne District