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Factory accident
Case notes on injuries in factories and workshops, from machinery to manual handling.
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Picture hiddenFactory accidentVisible factory danger not an obvious risk of injury
The NSW Supreme Court found Visy and DME equally liable after a DME worker struck his head on a low-hanging pipe at Visy’s Tumut paper mill. Damages remain to be finalised after a 20% reduction for contributory negligence.
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Back breaking work breaks worker’s back
Heavy awkward lifting is often a source of workplace injury particularly in materials fabrication workshops.
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Judge pans Dalby plant operator’s denial of hazard creation liability
A worker who fell from a ladder while descending from the top of a 14.5-m high silo to land on a concrete slab below has won substantial damages from a refinery plant that denied liability for its role in the calamity.
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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.
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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