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The SDHB was fined $225,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $25,000, and Fire and Mech Contracting Limited was fined $247,500 and reparation of $25,000, in the Dunedin District Court last week.
The board and the company both admitted two charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act and were taken to court earlier this year.
The incident, in May 2017, occurred during the decommissioning of an X-ray machine.
A spring-loaded metal plate crushed the man's forearm, breaking two bones and causing extensive nerve, tendon and muscle damage.
His orthopaedic surgeon described his injuries as ''a permanent disability'', and the victim said his mental and physical recovery would be long.
