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Worker awarded $452k after wet-work direction

A "de facto" employer has been ordered to pay more than $450,000 to a worker who was directed to work on a wet platform, before slipping and falling two metres. Meanwhile, a superior court has found a company breached its duty of care to a mechanic who was crushed by a 200kg plate.

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