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Case notes on injuries at work: unsafe systems of work, falls, machinery, manual handling and workers’ compensation.
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryOverworked council man wins $1.3 mil for “flawed” performance improvement process
An overworked section head of the Cairns Regional Council who was blamed for financial errors and subjected to an unwarranted performance improvement process has won substantial damages after a four week Supreme Court trial, for…
- Construction accident
Chance & extent of future eco loss “low”: labourer wins $70k global award
An appeal court has overturned a ruling that a labourer “not very interested in obtaining employment” was responsible for his own injury and that there was no basis for any award for future economic loss.
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Picture hiddenLogistics worker injuryServo worker rolls WorkCover on “injury just waiting to happen” ruling
A long serving customer service attendant whose overuse injury was rejected by WorkCover and the Workers’ Compensation Regulator has got up on appeal by overturning specialists' opinions to the effect that her debilitating…
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryCourt rebuffs WCQ’s stroke compensation claim denial- what are the consequences?
WorkCover is required to accept or reject an application for workers compensation within 20 business days of receiving it.
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Picture hiddenInadequate trainingInadequate training a whole bunch of trouble for Qld banana empire
A Far North Queensland farm worker has won a substantial payout for being injured on the job by a falling banana tree as a result of inadequate training.
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Picture hiddenReasonable management actionSenior employee wins psych payout for reasonable management action taken unreasonably
An employee of a regional council centered on Moranbah in the Bowen Basin has won a ruling that the management action that caused an adjustment disorder as a result of a disciplinary proceeding that was reasonable management…
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Picture hiddenFactory accidentGlobal food giant in machinery fix fail; will pay $3 mil for factory worker injury
A factory worker has won substantial damages after being run over by a runaway forklift that was serviced by its OEM supplier just 6 days earlier.
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Picture hiddenOffice worker injuryReceptionist’s $120k fall in rush to answer call: should boss have provided a $220 headset?
A suburban office worker has argued for substantial damages in a case filed against her employer for an ankle injury sustained in a fall when rushing to answer an incoming call.
- Hospitality worker injury
Daydream Island bedroom assault: resort escapes $650k verdict
A Whitsunday resort food & hospitality worker has been denied injury compensation for the conduct of his roommate in their shared employee accommodation unit because the likely harm from any alcohol related “unpleasant personal…
- Mining injury
Court awards miner $1.6 mil for ring finger vibration injury
A central Queensland mine worker with multiple pre-existing medical conditions has been awarded substantial damages for a rare injury induced by prolonged vibration from heavy machinery he operated over 12.5 hour shifts.
- Adequate system of work
“Adequate”; system of work found wanting in hospital patient’s attack on nurse
A 46-yr-old nurse overrun by an aggressive hospital patient has defeated her employer’s argument that it had an adequate system in place to prevent such an injury in which she had been adequately trained.
- Order picker
Order picker in $520k injury win over too low shelf height and “engineered” pick rate
An appeal court has ordered a junior grocery chain to pay up on a damages assessment made against it in June 2017 for an injury to a 26-yr-old order picker.
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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