Browsing: Workers' compensation court and tribunal decisions | Page 178

A mining employer has been ordered to pay an injured labour-hire worker - who fell from a steep ladder on a 50-tonne dump truck - more than $1.2 million, after the NSW Court of Appeal confirmed that "common practice was not necessarily prudent practice".

S-x-related workers' comp claim proceeds to Federal Court; Victorian employer that overlooked cheap, safe procedure fined $80K; Workers' comp fraudster caught after advertising second job; and Rail operators urged to crack down on Kronic.

A mine worker who slipped while showering at an offsite camp has won compensation for an acute shoulder injury, with the Queensland IRC defining a "remote" site as one that is a long way from where a "substantial number" of its workers usually reside.

A fly-in-fly-out worker, who apparently hurt his back while sleeping, has been awarded workers' compensation in the Northern Territory Magistrates Court.

A supervisor who was instructed to boost worker morale during construction of the Christmas Island Detention Centre was "in the course of employment" when he suffered a fatal heart attack while snorkelling, according to the South Australian WCT.

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.

A Queensland employer, that failed to address a meltdown in staff relations, has been ordered to compensate a worker who claimed she was psychologically injured by being bullied at work.

Coles has been ordered to pay workers' comp to an "inattentive" Queensland employee who suffered head injuries and brain damage after he ran his car off the road while driving to work.

A Telstra employee who twice fell down a set of wooden stairs that linked her home office to the rest of her house has won workers' compensation for her physical and psychological injuries.

In another case that is likely to change the way workers' compensation disputes are resolved, a South Australian Supreme Court full bench has found the opinion of a WorkCover medical panel is not legally binding.