Orica Australia, trading as Dulux, has been fined $90,000 over an incident in which a contract worker suffered serious crush injuries.

The company pleaded guilty to a breach of Section 16(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission sitting in court session.

The worker, who lost consiousness after a power hoist jammed him against the
inside of a storage tank on 12 August 1998, suffered fractured ribs and vertebrae, and severe bruising.