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The father of a worker who died in a car crash on her way home from work has been awarded nearly $500,000 in compensation, after the NSW WCC found the incident was covered by the State's restricted journey laws because of the woman's work-related fatigue.

Two companies have been ordered to pay a worker who was injured when he slipped on a "higher than normal" step more than $2.2 million in damages.

A safety consultant who fell in the foyer of her multi-tenanted work building was injured at her place of employment, a NSW WCC Deputy President has found.

A worker who injured his back on an EWP has lost the $650,000 in damages awarded to him under motor accident laws, after the NSW Court of Appeal found the vehicle wasn't being driven at the time of the incident.

An injured worker - who spent 90 per cent of his working time in the ACT and the rest in NSW - didn't "usually" work in the Territory, and wasn't entitled to workers' compensation under its laws, a superior court has ruled.

A NSW employer was negligent in failing to paint an "unusually" high step in a "strongly contrasting colour", the Supreme Court has found in upholding a permanently injured worker's damages claim.

A company that created a "hidden danger" when it loaded a truck is more liable for a worker's serious injuries than the worker's employer, the NSW Court of Appeal has found in a $5.75 million damages case.

A worker who witnessed suicides and other distressing incidents during his employment is likely to be awarded lump sum compensation for PTSD, after the NSW WCC rejected his employer's claim that the condition was secondary to an arm injury.

An employer has been ordered to pay nearly $700,000 in damages to a contract driver who injured his back while unloading jammed pallets from a truck, after a judge found the man was unlikely to complain about poorly packed loads for fear of losing work.

Workplace-to-accommodation journey injury compensable; and Two more companies granted self-insurance licences under Comcare scheme.