A Victorian employer that directed an incompetent truck driver to conduct a hazardous unloading task has been ordered to pay the "lion's share" of another worker's $1.3 million damages bill.
Three safety regulators have outlined how to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries, choose the right respirator when working with harmful contaminants, and prevent Legionnaires' disease at work facilities.
Employers can significantly reduce the risk of injury and legal exposure by providing flexibility and resistance training to workers who perform manual tasks, according to a workplace safety lawyer, who is also a certified personal trainer.
The Fair Work Commission has found an employer was entitled to sack a 65-year-old worker, who suffered a string of injuries, because he was unable to comply with its "physical demands" document.
An employer was negligent in failing to ensure a truck was loaded in an orderly and timely manner, but it doesn't have to pay an injured worker damages, the Western Australian District Court has ruled.
The Queensland IRC has found that lifting heavy boxes for just 10 minutes was more than enough time to cause a worker's back injury, and has ordered his employer to pay him compensation.
A worker whose back injury resulted from repetitive manual tasks has been denied damages, after the Queensland District Court found there was no evidence that any wrongful act or omission by her employer contributed to her condition.
An employer has been ordered to pay nearly $700,000 in damages to a contract driver who injured his back while unloading jammed pallets from a truck, after a judge found the man was unlikely to complain about poorly packed loads for fear of losing work.
An employer has reported reducing its recordable injury frequency rate by 22 per cent, largely by targeting muscular stress injuries arising from manual handling.
An employer has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $560,000 in damages, after the Victorian County Court found it failed to alter its system of work for a manual handling task.
