State Coroner of the Coroner's Court of Western Australia has delivered his inquest into the Death of Shaun McBRIDE, an Irish scaffolder who fell from a wharf in Dampier WA 6 years ago.

The inquest states recommendations to the Australian Standards for the following ammendments:

"I recommend that the committees responsible for the relevant Australian Standards consider amendments to ensure that people working over or adjacent to water or liquid who may be at risk of falling into the water and drowning wear an approved PFD – including AS/NZS 1891.4:2009 (committee SF-015) and AS/NZS 4576:1995 (committee BD-36)."

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