Browsing: Workers' compensation court and tribunal decisions | Page 5

Two companies and a director have been ordered to pay more than $347,000 in damages to a worker, after a defectively welded and poorly inspected roller door component fell on the worker's head and caused serious long-term injuries.

A site's principal contractor has been ordered to pay damages to another company's director who sustained serious injuries falling through a void he knew was not properly protected. A judge found the principal was obligated to guard against unsafe acts of temporary inadvertence or inattention.

• Alleged WHS recklessness spotted by members of public;
  
• High Court halts four-year state-of-connection dispute; and
  
• Workers' compensation prosecutions increasing in WA.

A company that ignored a worker's requests for help to maintain equipment, forcing him to perform ad hoc fixes he wasn't qualified for, has been ordered to pay him damages after a machine part exploded in his face.

An appeals commission has rejected submissions that a worker's ruptured breast implant was not an injury because it did not cause a "physiological change".

The Federal Court has ordered a redetermination of whether a worker's injury was caused by customer aggression or reasonable administrative action, finding an earlier decision in favour of the man failed to apply the correct legal test.

A major employer has been found liable for the hearing loss of an "administrative" worker, with an appeals commission confirming she conducted visits to dangerously noisy sites.

A worker who claimed she suffered a psychological injury from her employer sending her "very intense" emails on a COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been denied compensation, with a commission finding there was nothing unreasonable about the employer's communication.

A worker's psychological injuries are impacting on his physical condition but he is still entitled to two sets of incapacity payments, an appeals commission has confirmed.

A tribunal has expressed sympathy for an injured worker's frustrations with his compensation claim, finding a major employer failed to provide him with clear advice or fulfil its obligations to assess his application properly.