WorkSafe reported their initial inquiries indicated that a female worker at the juice company had been 'entangled in machinery'. Emergency services were called to The Homegrown Juice Company Limited cool store in the Hastings suburb of Mahora at 12.15am yesterday after a female became caught in machinery. The woman died at the scene and yesterday a WorkSafe spokesperson said investigators had launched an investigation early yesterday morning which had continued throughout the day. The Homegrown Juice Company was established in 2013 in Hawke's Bay by director Steve Brownlie but originated from when the Brownlie family first planted their orange orchard in Hawkes Bay back in 1969. Since 2011 Hawke's Bay has had 20 work place fatalities.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 15, 2017 20:37 UTC