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A frame full of offal cartons fell and fatally crushed Alfred Edwards.
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A frame full of offal cartons fell and fatally crushed Alfred Edwards.
Alfred Edwards was trying to free a jammed carton in a blast freezer at Affco's Wairoa plant in February 2020, when a frame fell and fatally crushed him.
From the MTG: New exhibition looks at history of freezing works 11 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Hawkes Bay Today By: Te Hira Henderson This morning we had a pōwhiri to bless and open our latest exhibition: A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke's Bay freezing works. This exhibition takes a historical look at some of the freezing works of Hawke's Bay, five of them, starting from Tomoana which opened in 1884, Hawke's Bay & North British 1887, Thomas Borthwick & Sons Limited 1906, Wairoa 1909, and Whakatū 1913. It explores the effects of this industry, both posi...