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His body was found shortly before 10pm that evening. Peter Nikolaison/Stuff ACC receives more than 1000 claims for work-related quad bike injuries each year, at a cost of about $12 million. (File photo) A week earlier, a woman in her 20s died when the side-by-side four-wheel-drive she was a passenger in rolled on a rural property at Waipukurau, about 20 minutes from Omakere. Provisional WorkSafe figures show there were seven quad bike deaths by September 28, 2020. Even without the full year counted it was the second-worst year for quad bike deaths since 2006. Only 2015, when there were nine deaths, topped it. Agriculture is one of New Zealand’s higher-risk industries with about 13,500 injuries a year and annual ACC claim costs of about $50 million. ....
WorkSafe won t investigate Omakere farm fatality 21 Jan, 2021 01:58 AM Quick Read WorkSafe is still making inquiries in regards to the fatality near Waipukurau, but won t investigate the Omakere farm fatality. Photo / File WorkSafe is still making inquiries in regards to the fatality near Waipukurau, but won t investigate the Omakere farm fatality. Photo / File WorkSafe has confirmed that the Omakere farm fatality on Saturday does not fall under its jurisdiction. Havelock North man David Frederick Daunton, 89, went out on a quad bike in Omakere and failed to return. His body was located shortly before 10pm. After making initial inquiries it was established the matter did not fall within WorkSafe s jurisdiction and the file was closed, a spokesperson said. ....
Police release name of Central Hawke s Bay quadbike victim 18 Jan, 2021 03:49 AM Quick Read Farmer David Daunton, who died on a CHB farm on Saturday, aged 89, was a champion wool producer. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today A man who died in a quadbike incident in Central Hawke s Bay at the weekend has been identified as 89-year-old farmer David Frederick Daunton, of Havelock North. He had farmed Te Kaihi near Omakere, and in 2019, known for his commitment to wool, produced the Hawke s Bay A & P Show s Supreme Champion fleece for the first time in more than 30 years of trying – regarded as even more prestigious because it was also the Royal New Zealand Show. ....
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