A PCBU has been fined after an inexperienced teenage worker's fingers were amputated, just months after another worker was killed at the same site. Meanwhile, a worker has been awarded nearly $1.4 million after he was seriously injured moving 250kg slabs on his second day on the job.
In an important ruling on "journey" incidents, an appeals court has found a worker's act of phoning his supervisor when he caused a car crash and double fatality didn't create a causal connection between his catastrophic injuries and his employment.
An injured worker's refusal to travel interstate to undertake "suitable employment" did not equate to a failure to make reasonable efforts to return to work, a senior commissioner has ruled.
Manufacturers and suppliers accused of failing to disclose the risks posed by their products are facing a national class action from workers exposed to potentially deadly silica dust. Meanwhile, a mesothelioma victim has been awarded damages to cover his preferred, expensive care arrangements.
Two duty holders were entitled to assume a worker instructed to stay away from intruders and contact police in emergencies would not pursue an armed man and put himself in danger, a court has found in denying the worker damages for post-traumatic stress disorder.
A company that paid a "contractor" an hourly rate could be held liable for his heart attack death, with a tribunal finding the man's past business patterns and work with other companies are not determinative of whether he was a "worker" when he died.
An employer has been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 to an apprentice who was injured slipping over, in a case highlighting the importance of ensuring workers routinely inspect and clean surfaces, including those under movable equipment.
An employer negligently allowed a worker to carry out manual handling tasks on an "unpredictable" surface, a court has found in awarding the man nearly $450,000 in injury damages.
Performance appraisals are formal processes to assess a worker's "overall" performance and don't include employers informally managing specific problems with their work, a tribunal has ruled in an injury dispute.
An injured worker whose unfair dismissal claim was rejected by the Fair Work Commission, before he was reinstated under workers' comp laws, has failed in his bid for back pay and other entitlements.
