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An employer has been ordered to pay a worker more than $3.8 million in damages for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after one of his colleagues attempted to murder him by throwing him over a fourth-floor balcony.
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.
A NSW employer and a director have been found guilty of failing to train a worker - who sustained serious burns - to safely handle chemicals, after a judge rejected their claim that this wasn't part of her duties.
The NSW Court of Appeal has quashed a $926,000 damages award, in finding that a truck crash was caused by excessive speed, and that an employer that was sued over the incident had been entitled to rely on an expert contractor to safely load the vehicle.
A Western Australian employer has been fined over a crane collision that caused a contractor to suffer complete paraplegia, and that could have been prevented with a $2000 investment.
An employer has been convicted of OHS breaches after one of its supervisors identified a hazard but failed to tell anyone or implement control measures, and a worker was subsequently struck by falling coal and seriously injured.
A Western Australian mining company has successfully appealed a decision ordering its retrial over the death of a young worker at a workplace intersection.
NSW's mirror WHS Regulation has been amended to make it more consistent with the model Regulations, to give WorkCover the power to issue on-the-spot fines for certain asbestos-related offences, and to increase prescribed fees.
