OHS Alert-Worker unlawfully relied on verbal safety instructions

A man has been convicted and fined for his role in a workplace safety incident, which was linked to his reliance on verbal rather than physical controls and led to a labourer being struck by a swinging crane load.

NSW District Court Judge Andrew Scotting heard Glenn David Page, who acted as the workplace's dogman, failed to comply with a requirement to erect barricades and signage around the crane.