The High Court has rejected an injured worker's appeal against a decision quashing his $1.5 million damages award, while an appeal court has rejected another man's claim that he sustained a work-related injury three days after receiving a termination payment.
A PCBU has been fined after a worker was fatally crushed between a hoe and a skid steer, with a court finding he hadn't been trained to attach the hoe to the vehicle, and the equipment manuals were in an office 80 kilometres from the work site.
A worker who dislocated his ankle after having a seizure has been awarded compensation, after a tribunal found his employment "positioned" him in circumstances that caused the injury. Also in this article, a sole trader has been fined for breaching the WHS provision on "fixtures, fittings or plant".
An employer that failed to guard a lift shaft, resulting in a worker falling 12 metres, has been fined just six per cent of the maximum penalty, after a court found other PCBUs didn't comply with its "layers of safety measures".
An employer has failed to overturn an order to pay nearly $1 million in damages to a worker it directed to unload heavy materials on an uneven surface instead of at a loading dock.
An employer's training failures resulted in two workers choosing the wrong type of forklift for a lifting task, and one of them being killed, the NSW District Court has found in fining the company $255,000.
An employer that unfairly sacked a worker for bullying and unsafe work practices has defeated the man's reinstatement claim, after a commission found it repeatedly tried to train him to comply with its code of conduct before dismissing him.
An employer that failed to provide a forklift without blind spots has been fined over a fatality. Meanwhile, another employer has been fined for maintenance breaches resulting in a death, and a construction company has been convicted of ignoring prohibition notices.
An IR commission has identified a "conundrum" in the WHS provisions on work groups and health and safety reps, in granting a worker leave to intervene in an ongoing dispute.
