Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (ACT)


FRI
3:57PM

Poor work & poor maintenance cost duty holders $347k

Two companies and a director have been ordered to pay more than $347,000 in damages to a worker, after a defectively welded and poorly inspected roller door component fell on the worker's head and caused serious long-term injuries.


TUE
3:39PM

Manager and business charged with recklessness; High Court halts injury case; and more

  • Alleged WHS recklessness spotted by members of public;
  • High Court halts four-year state-of-connection dispute; and
  • Workers' compensation prosecutions increasing in WA.


TUE
3:18PM

Clean-as-you-go system not enough to prevent injuries

A major supermarket's limited spill-control system - requiring workers to look out for spills and other hazards as they went about their normal jobs - "inevitably subordinated the detection" of hazards to the performance of other duties, an appeals court has found in a grape-slip case.



THU
1:05PM

Big injury damages bill upheld for negligent maintenance

An appeals court has upheld a multimillion-dollar damages ruling (with minor variations), confirming a contractor was vicariously liable for a technician's negligent act that caused four workers to sustain injuries in a jolting lift.


THU
2:10PM

FRI
1:58PM

Rushed worker denied headset, wins injury damages

An employer has been ordered to pay $120,000 in damages to an office worker who was injured while running to answer the phone, in a case highlighting the risks posed by systems requiring staff to rush.


WED
2:13PM

Failure to provide safety equipment costs venture $1.3m

A worker with serious strain and lifting injuries has been awarded $1.3 million in damages, with a court finding his employer, a major joint-venture company, could have prevented the risks through simple precautions, including one involving a $400 spend.


WED
3:30PM

Employer overturns state-of-connection damages ruling

A ruling allowing an injured worker to pursue damages in a jurisdiction with unfettered common law rights has been overturned on appeal, in an important judgment on state-of-connection tests.


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