$2.4M awarded in first ruling for tunnel worker diagnosed with silicosis

Personal injury 2025-12-04 11:58 pm

A tribunal has awarded a tunneller who worked on major projects like the Lane Cove tunnel project a record $2.4 for dust-related injury, describing the safety breaches of Bennett’s employers over his 30-year career as “egregious”.
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