The $20,000 in reparation was split evenly between the three companies.
WorkSafe New Zealand's chief investigator Keith Stewart said the companies failed to put in place proper workplace rules to manage the risk posed by forklifts to workers.
"This incident could have been easily avoided if a barrier had been put in place to prevent the forklift from moving into the tray makers' area.
"Without proper barriers or some form of isolation an accident such as this was sadly predictable.
"All three companies should have done more to ensure that forklifts were kept well away from the area Ms Machado was working in."
LRK Trays owner and director Luke Kenealy said a lot of work had been done with health and safety, traffic management plans and standard operating procedures for forklifts since the incident.
"In 90 per cent of the places we work we now have barriers," he said.
It was a large fine for a small company to pay but he accepted the judge's decision.
"It's an eye opener for small businesses operating on someone else's premises that you are fully responsible for your employees."
A spokeswoman for Orora Packaging said the company, which supplied the boxes the fruit were being packed into at the time of the accident, accepted it was involved and could have done better even though they were a couple of steps removed from the operations.
How much
LRK Trays: $39,375 fine plus $6,666 reparation
Mount Pack and Cool: $39,375 fine plus $6,666 reparation
Orora Packaging: $39,375 fine plus $6,666 reparation
Total: $118,125 in fines and $20,000 reparation
