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An injured ACT worker, who was prosecuted for misusing a company travel card and claimed the process caused her stress, has failed to regain her workers' compensation benefits.

"General" OHS policy results in crush injury and $56k fine; and Psychological injury caused by "abrasive" supervisor.

An ACT employer has been ordered to pay more than $185,000 in damages to a worker who was placed in a high-risk role on the day she returned to work after being absent with a psychological injury.

An employer that allowed debris to be left in a poorly lit area is one of four companies that have been ordered to pay more than $870,000 in damages to an ACT worker who was injured in two incidents.

A worker who developed chronic back pain and depression after lifting a box at work - without bending her knees - has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages in the ACT Supreme Court.

An ACT worker who fell after being directed to stand on an unsecured platform has been awarded more than $800,000 in damages in the Supreme Court.

A low-speed vehicle collision on an ACT building site, which caused a chain of events that injured a worker, has highlighted the importance of effective traffic management.

A workplace armed-robbery victim with post-traumatic stress disorder has told Fair Work Australia she felt harassed and victimised by her employer, who complained of having to "babysit" her.

An ACT transport company that could have improved its potentially disastrous system for securing loads for a few hundred dollars has been ordered pay an injured driver $250,000 in damages.

A long-running workers' comp dispute in South Australia has shown that courts are reluctant to characterise harmful lifestyle choices as "compensable sequels" to workplace injuries, a lawyer says. Also in this article, an injured ACT worker who struck his manager has had his claim rejected.