An employer and its director were yesterday handed the highest OHS fines in South Australian history, after the death of a worker at the Adelaide desalination plant. But the director's fine will be paid by his insurance company, and the judge in the case has warned that officers could similarly dodge penalties under the model WHS Act.
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