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By: Anna Cross | Business News | Monday July 30 2012 16:14

A Christchurch company and one of its directors have been prosecuted after an employee lost his arm when it became trapped for several hours in a tree shredding machine.

Canterbury Greenwaste Processors Limited and director Luke Kepple have been ordered to pay fines totalling $100,000 and reparations of $25,000 following the incident in September last year.

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment spokeswoman Jean Martin says the accident could've been avoided if the company had put in place adequate machine guarding, carried out regular hazard checks and put in place safe operating procedures for using the machinery.

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