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Injured workers are "ill-prepared for the emotional experience" of the workers' comp system, and should be provided with peer support, a new report says.
A NSW employer that was acquitted of one OHS breach, but convicted of failing to "re-risk assess" an amended process that killed a worker and severely injured four others, has been fined $200,000.
A man who defamed and psychologically injured a co-worker, by sending an inappropriate email to thousands of employees, has been ordered to pay the co-worker $75,000 in damages.
Workers running the drug-testing gauntlet, survey reveals; Being crushed a leading cause of work deaths; Comcare tops RTW scorecard; and Presumptive cancer compensation promised for NT firefighters.
A Victorian employer has been convicted and fined $375,000 following a series of safety incidents involving poorly guarded machines, while a Western Australian company and its director have been fined after a 13-year-old girl was injured.
An employer that failed to instruct a worker not to stand on scaffolding rails, even if it was "obvious" to workers not to do so, has been ordered to pay him $725,000 in damages, after he fractured his spine in a five-metre fall.
Workers who are exposed to little natural light at their workplaces are more likely to sleep poorly and be fatigued, increasing the risk of errors and injuries, US researchers have found.
A Victorian employer has been convicted of failing to provide documents relating to a suspected OHS breach to the WorkCover Authority (VWA), while several other employers have been fined for neglecting to report injuries to the regulator.
A NSW employer has been fined $300,000 over the death of a young student, while another employer has entered into a $427,000 enforceable undertaking under the State's new WHS Act.
A company owner who refused to cooperate with safety inspectors in an investigation into the death of a person at his workplace has been criticised for posing a danger to public safety.
