By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia and Aap
Published: 12:26 BST, 16 April 2019 | Updated: 12:26 BST, 16 April 2019
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South Australian police have been fined $390,000 over the death of a cook and cleaner who became trapped in a walk-in freezer at a police training centre in the Adelaide Hills.
But no officers or individuals will be held to account over the death of Debra Summers in 2016.
Ms Summers died from hypothermia after becoming locked in the freezer at the Echunga facility.
Police pleaded guilty in the South Australian Employment Tribunal to breaching work safety laws and Deputy Police Commissioner Linda Williams said on Tuesday the force was 'mortified' over the death of the 54-year-old.
South Australian police have been fined $390,000 over the death of a cook and cleaner Debra Summers (pictured) who died of hypothermia after she was trapped in a freezer in 2016
'It's terrible what happened to Deb. We are deeply sorry for the family,' she said.
'We will never let anyone in our workplace down again.'
But Ms Williams said a full inquiry had been conducted and no disciplinary action would be taken against any individual
