A waste management company has been fined a record $1.1 million for breaching federal work safety laws after an out-of-control sewage truck killed two motorists.
But the penalty fell short of the maximum $3 million penalty that Cleanaway could have faced over the crash on Adelaide's South-Eastern Freeway on August 18, 2014.
In South Australia's Supreme Court on Thursday, Auxiliary Justice Chris Kourakis imposed the $1.1 million fine that "reflected the culpability ... that the breach exposed both Cleanaway workers and the general public to the risk of serious injury or death".
