An organisation in an industry with unique physical and emotional hazards is designing out manual handling tasks and improving workers' psychological health through research projects and other strategies, its executive general manager of health, safety and sustainability has revealed.
A worker, who accused his employer of negligence, has been denied permission to pursue a second damages claim, after a judge found his second injury arose out of the same circumstances he relied on in his first, dismissed application.
A national employer's decision to deny compensation to a worker, who claimed his shoulder was injured by an awkward manual task, has been affirmed by a tribunal, which found he provided an "incorrect history" to doctors and changed his story to suit his post-termination case.
Older workers involved in a workplace "senior program" had a 60 per cent lower risk of early disability retirement, a study has shown. The authors say employers can avoid extensive sick leave by promoting strategies to maintain work ability and prevent musculoskeletal pain.
A company has been granted permission to challenge a $237,000 damages award and ruling that it negligently contributed to a worker's injury, with an appeals court finding the trial judge failed to address the central issue of whether the worker was actually directed to perform the injury-causing task.
A judge has granted a worker permission to pursue damages for pain and suffering caused by a crush injury incurred in his employment back in 2011, dismissing a regulator's contention it could be inferred, from surveillance footage of equipment on his vehicle and other factors, that his claims weren't credible.
A commission has upheld the dismissal of a forklift operator deemed medically unfit to perform the inherent requirements of his role following multiple surgeries. It rejected the man's claim his employer provided false information for a medical assessment conducted under its WHS management system.
An employer has overturned a hefty damages bill, with a superior court finding an injured employee failed to prove his musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) was caused by the company's OHS breaches.
