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The risk posed by a protruding door handle on a cupboard in an office was obvious and could have been eliminated by an employer "without undue difficulty or expense", a Queensland judge has found in upholding a worker's damages claim.

A worker who suffers nausea, disorientation and headaches when he uses or is near computers and other electrical equipment has been awarded workers' compensation.

A Victorian worker, who sued his parents after he was injured on the family's tobacco farm, has successfully overturned a contributory negligence ruling, after the Court of Appeal found his parents were also negligent.

Victoria launches RTW campaign after absences linked to poor mental health; and Queensland introduces new electrical equipment safety system.

ACT employers are likely to pay higher workers' comp levies, under a Government plan to support all 28 recommendations of the recent construction industry inquiry, and to reduce the burden to taxpayers of administering the OHS and workers' comp schemes.

Employers urged to comply with model first-aid Code of Practice; WorkCover NSW investigates another glass incident, releases workers' comp guide on claims disputes; and New Zealand to establish new OHS regulator in light of Pike tragedy.

Victorian jailed for working interstate while on workers' comp; Hundreds of Queensland coal seam gas sites to be targeted under safety plan; New fatigue research centre established; SWA tally reveals high death rate in construction sector; and Information issued on carbon monoxide, mould and electrical installations.

Finnish researchers have identified the psychosocial work factors that increase - and decrease - the likelihood of workplace accidents and sick leave.

An employer that failed to risk assess a task that injured a worker has been cleared of liability to pay him damages, with the Victorian Court of Appeal accepting that an assessment would not have caused changes to the system of work.

The Tasmanian Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal has upheld an employer's decision not to pay for a worker's knee replacement surgery, finding a fall at work did not accelerate her existing osteoarthritis.