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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.
A second PCBU has been fined after a young excavator operator's skull was pierced by a flying steel bar because his supervisor neglected to instruct him to close the vehicle's window.
Blue-enriched lighting can help night workers counter the "circadian drive for sleepiness" and stay alert, but the duration and timing of exposure to blue light could be key, Australian researchers have found.
A major employer has responded to a series of hot-work incidents and reduced injuries by establishing a "high performance" team of frontline employees, safety managers, engineers and union experts.
The pain that a worker experienced performing computer keyboard and mouse work did not equate to the aggravation of a pre-existing condition, a tribunal has ruled. Meanwhile, an injured worker has been denied the costs of ongoing massage therapy.
An inquest has found that a 457-visa worker fell from scaffolding and drowned after he accidentally dislodged a load-bearing wedge while, according to one expert, performing "one of the most dangerous" scaffold tasks "I have ever witnessed".
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.
