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Dedicated WHS manager and improvements in WHS systems - CB Group
CB Group is a civil construction company based on the Gold Coast that specialises in energy. It has a workforce of 123, comprising office and field workers. CB Group undertakes a wide variety of civil construction work and specialises in underground work associated with telecommunications, streetlights and traffic signals. The energy division is also involved in renewable energy such as solar.
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Gay Constructions Pty Ltd
With IPaM, Gay Constructions reviewed its safety and injury management systems and surveyed employees about safety in the workplace. The company then worked with an IPaM advisor to develop an action plan that included a number of safety and injury management initiatives.
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Case study: Engineering and construction firm delivers award winning safety improvements
A bottom up approach to safety and a focus on reducing fatalities and permanently disabling injuries has seen the engineering and construction firm Tenix awarded a National Safety Council of Australia excellence award
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Engaged employees own The Jetty Specialist's safety transformation
The Jetty Specialist, a Caloundra-based marina infrastructure builder, turned to its employees to help improve their safety performance.
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Credibility of witness statements
Tep v ATS Australasian Technical Services Pty Ltd [2012] QSC, 7 September 2012. This case was decided on credibility where his honour preferred the evidence of the defendant’s witnesses to that of the workers as to how the event occurred.
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SEE Civil reaps rewards for tackling return to work head on
Construction company SEE Civil has slashed its annual premium thanks to a willingness to learn something new by seeking out best practice return to work strategies.
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No foreseeable risk of injury
Love v Lindsays Bros Management Pty Ltd [2013] QDC 174 30 August 2013. This case demonstrates an assault would not have been prevented by any steps the employer might have taken, and there was no foreseeable risk of injury.
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Damages awarded despite lie about pre-existing symptoms
Luck v Civil Mining and Construction Pty Ltd, 16 December 2009. This case study discusses how a Court may find that a worker who has lied about their pre-existing symptoms, sustained serious injuries from previous non-work related events, or has credit issues, can still award damages.
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Principal contractor held to not be liable
The worker brought an action in negligence to recover damages from the defendants in respect of personal injuries he says he sustained whilst working as a concreter.
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Scentre Group: From little things, big things grow
Scentre Group is the owner and operator of Australia and New Zealand’s largest shopping centre portfolio, Westfield.
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Causation, quantum
Mr Tyndall was a right handed coal miner who was 50 years old at trial. He alleged he sustained a vibration induced white finger syndrome on his left ring finger as a result of driving two specific types of loaders over a period of time between 1 September 2015 to 1 May 2016.
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Manual task case study: Using an oxy cutting/welding torch on rotators - Monadelphous Engineering
Case study about how Monadelphous Engineering applied the PErforM program to reduce the manual-tasks risks of using an oxy cutting/welding torch on rotators.