In another case that appears to extend common law duty of care principles, a "non-employer" has been ordered to pay an injured labour-hire worker $1.35 million in damages, after its tagging failures allowed an unidentified person to interfere with vital equipment.
An employer has been convicted and fined heavily for failing to notify a safety regulator after its managing director's stepson sustained a traumatic brain injury.
A judge has found that two union officials were entitled to investigate suspected safety breaches at a construction site based on photographs supplied through Facebook, but their entry notice was invalid because it didn't include their middle names.
An employer could have prevented a worker's slip and fall by conducting periodic OHS audits and slip-resistance tests in wet areas, a court has found in awarding the worker nearly $500,000.
An appeals court has quashed a PTSD victim's $450,000 workplace damages award, after finding an earlier judgment failed to apply the "but for" test of causation.
An employer breached its duty of care to an off-site worker in giving her vague instructions to "comfort" an obese client, and has been ordered to pay her $332,000 in damages for injuries she sustained when the client fell on her.
A sole trader has been handed a record fine under Queensland's mirror WHS Act, after an untrained casual worker was killed. Meanwhile, a dive company has been fined for safety breaches following the death of a UK tourist.
