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A high-risk operation described as an injured worker's "only shot at ever walking again" is not a reasonably necessary treatment that his employer must pay for, a commission has found, after hearing the procedure would probably fail and could kill the man.

A worker has been granted permission to pursue damages from four companies, including his alleged former employer, with a judge ruling that one of his four serious health conditions could be a dust-induced lung disease.

An employer's failure to ensure a worker didn't need to constantly glance backwards while operating a machine - by, for example, installing a mirror or rear-vision camera - was a breach of its common law duty, an appeals court has found.

The dependents of a worker who was fatally shot in an argument with one of his company’s suppliers have won compensation after a commission president found the death arose out of his employment.

A major employer's "efficient" safety regime was commendable but appeared to be "too keenly attuned to the perception of error", a commission has found in upholding an injured worker's bid for lump sum compensation.

A major employer breached its duty of care to a psychologically unfit worker - who resisted returning to frontline duties - through her supervisor failing to satisfy himself that she had the psychological capacity to get "back on the truck", an appeals court has confirmed.

The psychological injury sustained by a University of NSW worker, who was arrested on terrorist charges after being framed by a jealous co-worker (the brother of an Australian cricketer), was not work-related, a tribunal has found.

In a case examining employers' safety duties around premises they don't control, an appeals court has rejected a claim that a company negligently contributed to its employee's fall - which attracted a $1 million damages award - at a site with "rudimentary" facilities.

An appeals commission has quashed an employer's claim that it isn't liable for a bullied worker's psych injury because her "age, education, skills and work experience" show she can perform any "suitable employment" of her choosing.

A worker was injured in an "accident waiting to happen", with his employer failing to enforce safe time limits for a task applying "injurious" stress to his body, and is entitled to more than $1.1 million in damages, a judge has found.