Worker's $552k injury caused by lack of proper tools
A Queensland employer that failed to provide the right tools for a basic maintenance task has been ordered to pay a worker $552,000 in damages, after he sustained ankle and knee injuries.
A Queensland employer that failed to provide the right tools for a basic maintenance task has been ordered to pay a worker $552,000 in damages, after he sustained ankle and knee injuries.
A Queensland employer that claimed instructing workers on how to handle "obviously" sharp objects would have created a culture of information overload, decreasing efficiency, has been ordered to pay an injured worker more than $150,000 in damages.
Two Queensland workers who were assaulted by colleagues have lost their breach of contract claims, after the District Court found the attacks weren't reasonably foreseeable.
A Queensland employer that failed to crack down on racist jokes in the workplace has escaped a damages bill, after the Supreme Court found the psychologically injured victim of the jokes actively participated in the banter.
Qld employer fined $600k over swing-stage deaths; and Worker who used unsafe lifting technique for box loses damages bid.
A Queensland employer, whose induction documents didn't clearly explain its traffic management rules, has been ordered to pay damages to a truck driver who was injured in a forklift incident.
In this update, OHS Alert examines all the important OHS and workers' comp legislative changes made in the second quarter of 2013. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.
A Queensland labourer who was required to constantly twist his head to look behind him while operating plant has been awarded $265,000 in damages, after he sustained neck and psychiatric injuries.
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