Updated 6.26pm: A worker who had their arm trapped in a biscuit oven for 40 minutes at temperatures hotter than 85 degrees has been awarded $45,000 compensation.

The employee of Meycov Food Limited, trading as Rutherford & Meyer, was cleaning a biscuit machine during a cooling down period when her overall got caught.

This caused her arm to become trapped between a baking plate and part of the machine's framework.

The company has also been fined more than $12,000.

Her limb was caught in the machine for 40 minutes, during which time she suffered severe burns, significant skin loss and subsequent muscle loss.

The machine was operating at temperatures between 80 and 180 degrees Celsius.

To make matters worse, an ambulance was only called after 20 minutes and several unsuccessful attempts to free the woman - and the ambulance got lost on the way.