A worker has been refused $290,000 in damages for a back injury, but a supreme court judge found her employer did negligently expose her and others to a building's unsafe access point.
Employers have been urged to ensure job rotation includes tasks that aren't physically taxing, after researchers found blue-collar workers who perform multiple physically demanding tasks are at significant risk of long-term sick leave.
An intervention that enforced the proper use of safety gloves significantly reduced workers' exposure to hazardous chemicals and the risk of developing occupational skin disease, Belgian researchers say.
An employer that failed to properly assess the risks associated with moving heavy objects has been fined $130,000, after a worker was crushed to death.
A commissioner incorrectly identified a workers' comp dispute as a safety matter, and focused too heavily on his own "experience and observations" when he rejected an injured worker's claim, a supreme court judge has found.
Employers can't be considered negligent for failing to identify and eliminate insignificant foreseeable risks, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled in quashing a $1.5 million damages award.
A worker who didn't officially report his back injury until a month after it allegedly occurred failed to notify his employer as soon as practicable, even though he immediately told his manager he'd been involved in an "incident", a tribunal has found.
An employer that was sued for damages after an apprentice suffered burns to 60 per cent of his body at a work birthday party has now been fined for safety breaches. Meanwhile, another employer has been fined after a worker was fatally crushed by a 1.2-tonne crate.
Employers can reduce the severity and number of workplace injuries by adopting three strategies that usually apply to professional athletes, a people risk expert says.
An OHS manager "undermined the integrity" of his company's pre-employment process by overriding a doctor's finding that a prospective employee could safely perform a role, but didn't breach equal opportunity laws, a tribunal has found.
