A major, incident-strewn road construction project under unprecedented government scrutiny has been ordered to cease work over new safety concerns, while an ongoing study has found that training supervisors to risk-manage manual tasks can slash musculoskeletal claims.
An appeals court has upheld a worker's nearly $2 million damages award, after finding his host employer "permitted" him to depart from its "reasonably safe de facto work system" without ensuring he did so safely.
Health experts have identified two areas that employers can focus on to tackle the widespread problem of worker insomnia and its impact on safety standards.
European researchers have identified three work stressors that contribute to the likelihood of slips, trips and falls, including having to perform tasks outside of normal roles.
An employer that required staff to lift 10kg stock above shoulder height has been convicted and fined for its sluggish response to improvement notices. Meanwhile, safety regulators have issued fatality and communication alerts, while another regulator has launched a survey to inform its guidance on new chain-of-responsibility laws.
A major project has reduced strain and sprains by 25 per cent in eight months, by observing workers' day-to-day activities and proactively identifying and implementing safer ways to carry out manual handling tasks, according to its safety manager.
An appeals court has upheld a $1 million-plus injury damages award against a company, as well as a finding that the company's control of another entity extended to the supervision of OHS matters.
An appeals court has rejected the proposition that medical opinions directly conflicting with a medical panel's findings can't be relied on in "any way" to determine an injured worker's entitlement to pecuniary damages.
European researchers have identified five physical workplace factors, in addition to hard work and including noise, which significantly increase the risk of long-term sick leave and premature retirement.
Carrying out strenuous tasks that weren't within the scope of his usual duties contributed to a worker falling asleep on his drive home from work and made his serious journey injuries compensable, a commission has found.
