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  EXCLUSIVE: The family of a truck driver who died in a crash while high on ice has been awarded a payout of more than half a million dollars after the Workers Compensation Commission found he was acting within the course of his employment at the time. Darren Hughes, 42, had worked for up to 36 hours and had been smoking what his partner described as "little rocks … in a glass pipe" to help him stay awake, when his B-double semi-trailer veered off the road and into the bedroom of a converted petrol station where an elderly couple were asleep, just after 3am in the South Australian t...

Minnesota Pauses to Remember Fallen Highway Workers Today is Worker Memorial Day in Minnesota. Governor Tim Walz has issued an official proclamation recognizing "the high-priced transportation workers have paid in the construction and maintenance of Minnesota's transportation system." The I-35W bridge will be lit in orange this evening and honor of Worker Memorial Day. “Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility. Our state’s transportation workers keep our roadways operating efficiently and safely, and in turn, it’s on all of us to ensure that they return home safely, as well,” s...

The family of a truckie who crashed while high on ice has been awarded a payout of $500,000 after his drug use was ruled to be in the “course of his employment”.

  EXCLUSIVE: The family of a truck driver who died in a crash while high on ice has been awarded a payout of more than half a million dollars after the Workers Compensation Commission found he was acting within the course of his employment at the time. Darren Hughes, 42, had worked for up to 36 hours and had been smoking what his partner described as "little rocks … in a glass pipe" to help him stay awake, when his B-double semi-trailer veered off the road and into the bedroom of a converted petrol station where an elderly couple were asleep, just after 3am in the South Australian t...

RESIDENTS are asked to remember those that lost their lives in the workplace today on International Workers’ Memorial Day. Held annually on April 28, International Workers' Memorial Day is a time to remember workers killed, disabled, injured, or made unwell by their work and promote campaigns in the fight for health and safety improvements to prevent further tragedies from happening. In St Helens, a small memorial event - in line with coronavirus restrictions - was held at the Workers’ Memorial statue in Vera Page Park where dignitaries, including the Mayor of St Helens, laid wreath...