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Operator ordered to pay labour-hire worker $1.35m

In another case that appears to extend common law duty of care principles, a "non-employer" has been ordered to pay an injured labour-hire worker $1.35 million in damages, after its tagging failures allowed an unidentified person to interfere with vital equipment.

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