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Danger: work safety laws

Fiona Carruthers | John StensholtFormer Rich Editor
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Still intoxicated after a night in a bar with the boss, an employee turns up in the morning at the fishery where he works as a diver; he ignores his co-workers’ advice not to do his job drunk – and dives into the sea.

After blacking out under water, he has to be pulled to safety and given oxygen – yet it’s the company that cops the $27,000-plus fine for a breach of the law.

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