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Cater Care Group: Emphasising capacity, not limitation
Cater Care Group provides contract catering, accommodation and facility management services to industries in regional and remote locations across Queensland.
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Rotation of manual task roles and smaller milk jugs - BP Retail Wild Bean Cafes
BP is engaged in the exploration for and production of oil, natural gas and liquefied natural gas, and the refining, transportation and marketing of petroleum products. BP is also responsible for a number of coffee making facilities as part of retail activities at its travel centres. Some of these travel centres experience high volumes of coffee production, with approximately 140 coffees produced per hour during peak periods. These high volume sites include Wild Bean Cafes based at travel centres across South-East Queensland.
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Routine tasks not posing foreseeable risk of injury
Rudd v Starbucks Coffee Company (Australia) Pty Ltd [2015] QDC 232, 22 September 2015. In this case the District Court found the employer not be in breach of its duty to its employees.
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Baggage handler unsuccessful in claiming negligence for requirement “repetitively” step up and down from a curb
The Plaintiff alleged that on 29 February 2016, he was required to repetitively step up and down from a standard painted curb in order to transport arriving FIFO workers’ bags from his trailer onto a footpath.
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Utility worker claimed negligence against her employer for requiring her to perform her normal duties over a period of 6 months
The Plaintiff alleged she suffered bilateral tennis elbow injuries as a result of her work as a kitchen utility worker over a period of time. She did not suffer any “accident” and simply says the forceful and repetitive nature of her duties caused her injury.
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Employer found liable for a lumbar spine injury
The plaintiff suffered an injury to her lumbar spine while lifting a load from a low pallet to a sheft on 28 April 2019.
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Plaintiff alleged the absence of proper training led to inability to assess and mitigate risks
Ritchie James Edward Lowe v Greenmountain Food Processing Pty Ltd [2024] QDC 204. The Plaintiff failed to establish any negligence or insufficient training by the defendant, and his case and the claim was dismissed.
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manual-tasks case study- Monach Building Supplies gas bottles
Lifting and carrying gas bottles.