An apprentice who has a 70 per cent whole person impairment as a result of being engulfed in flames at a work birthday party, where a large amount of free alcohol was supplied, has successfully sued his employer.
A young worker who died after being left to operate a forklift alone in an industrial freezer hadn't received OHS or forklift training, the NSW Coroner has found.
A Queensland employer has successfully argued on appeal that a worker's journey injury isn't compensable because it was caused by her dangerous driving.
An employer that failed to train a young employee to work safely at heights, resulting in him falling nearly six metres through a roof, has been handed a low OHS fine because of its high debts.
A workplace where a trainee was killed in a vehicle collision relied too heavily on administrative safety controls for traffic, and didn't assess the specific risks for night shift, a NSW Mine Safety investigation has found.
Coronial inquiries into the deaths of three Victorian workers, who were electrocuted after vehicles struck overhead powerlines, have found that at-risk workers are provided with little site-specific information about the hazard.
A NSW employer and a director have been found guilty of failing to train a worker - who sustained serious burns - to safely handle chemicals, after a judge rejected their claim that this wasn't part of her duties.
A Western Australian mining company has successfully appealed a decision ordering its retrial over the death of a young worker at a workplace intersection.
