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A major employer has unsuccessfully argued, on appeal, that a doctor's opinion that a health and safety officer's psych injury arose from workplace bullying was flawed in failing to address the impact of other factors.
A major project has reduced strain and sprains by 25 per cent in eight months, by observing workers' day-to-day activities and proactively identifying and implementing safer ways to carry out manual handling tasks, according to its safety manager.
A major and alarming Harvard University study has found that occupational exposure to radiation, shift work and poor diet has resulted in flight attendants being significantly more likely than others to develop cancer and other adverse health conditions.
A company officer has been convicted of failing to exercise due diligence in relation to a serious safety incident and a supervisory stuff-up that occurred while he was on annual leave.
A teenage apprentice was killed while undertaking a task that should have been performed by a "competent person" within the meaning of a WHS Code, a court has found in fining his host employer $405,000.
