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Mining injury
Case notes on injuries in mines and quarries, including to contractors and labour-hire workers.
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Picture hiddenMining injuryCoal mine at fault for elbow crush injury to hired-in worker
The NSW Supreme Court awarded David Ward $3.59 million after finding that Appin Colliery’s operator was liable for an underground vehicle accident that severely injured his arm.
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Picture hiddenMining injuryMiner triumphs over suspicion: court awards $1.95 mil for CRPS injury
An underground miner who presented with what one specialist described as the most obviously fake condition he had seen in his 40 years of medical practice has won nearly $2 million in damages for the accident it resulted from.
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Labour hire worker causes $1.9 mil injury: host employer at fault
A coal mine using a hired-in workforce has been ordered to bear most of the cost of a severe injury caused by a labour hire worker.
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Picture hiddenMining injuryFatigued driver wins $1.13 mil from employer for single vehicle accident
How can a court decide on what - among several competing factors - was the cause of a single vehicle accident in the absence of any eye-witness accounts and where the driver has no recollection of what happened?
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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.
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Doctor shopping? Insurer caught out as injury assessment strategy struck down
Just how many medical examinations can an insurer require an injury claimant to endure?
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Psychiatrist’s suspicions hosed out on miner’s $1 mil depressive illness claim
Global resources company Glencore has been ordered to pay $1 mil in compensation to an underground miner for an injury complicated by depression that a forensic psychiatrist reported to be faked.
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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