Browsing: Workers' comp decisions (WA)




FRI
11:22AM

Surprise manual requirements caused $1.3m double injury

An "administrative" worker who was required to undertake repetitive bending work for a "long duration" - without adequate rest breaks or appropriate equipment - has been awarded more than $1.3 million in damages, after a court found her host employer negligently caused her lower back pain and secondary psychological injury.



FRI
2:44PM

Soccer injury satisfies High Court work-interval test

A labour-hire company "induced or encouraged" a fly-in-fly-out worker to play the soccer game between shifts that injured him, a judge has confirmed, rejecting the company's claim that any inducement came from a third party and removed its liability.


FRI
1:53PM

High Court upholds safety ruling on "indifferent" director

The High Court has rejected an employer's bid for special leave to challenge a ruling that it is not entitled to recover, from its insurer, any damages and compensation paid to an injured worker because of its safety record.



TUE
2:25PM

System for coordinating trades deemed safe at $1.2b site

A company's safe system for managing space and work clashes between different trades on a major project has helped block a $770,000 injury damages bid, made by a "keen" worker who took it upon himself to remove materials installed by other contractors.


TUE
12:38PM

Injured worker wins leave accrual case in Federal Court, employer faces pecuniary penalties

A company breached the National Employment Standards by failing to a pay a worker for the annual leave he accrued while receiving workers' compensation, a judge has ruled after examining an appellate-level decision and injury provisions from two jurisdictions.


TUE
3:00PM

Two companies handed $700k ladder-fall damages bill

A principal contractor and an employer have been found jointly liable for a worker's three-metre fall off a ladder, after they failed to implement a system to prevent safety measures from being dismantled prematurely or to erect them as needed.


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