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Modern Teaching Aids
MTA was invited to join the Injury Prevention and Management (IPaM) program in 2013 after experiencing a higher than average number of worker’s compensation claims.
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Goodna State School: Staff wellbeing team
Goodna State School (GSS) is a large primary school located in Ipswich with approximately 750 students and 108 staff. Forty per cent of the workforce is aged 55 years and over.
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Plaintiff unsuccessful in proving liability for slip on a grape
Deans v Maryborough Christian Education Foundation Ltd [2018] QDC 123, 25 July 2018. The plaintiff alleged that the risk of injury as a result of dropped fruit during the fruit break was a foreseeable risk which was not insignificant. The plaintiff also alleged that the employer breached its duty of care by failing to, amongst other things, have in place a system of inspection and cleaning of the foyer during the fruit break.
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Ipswich State High School: Health and wellbeing
Ipswich State High School (ISHS) is a large secondary school located in north Ipswich with approximately 1500 students and 146 staff.
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Plaintiff awarded damages after Q-fever diagnosis
A 57 year old supervisor/carpenter working on a school farm was diagnosed with Q-Fever in January 2012, that has since developed into Q-Fever Debility Syndrome. The worker, who has been unable to return to work, claimed damages from his employer and from the State of Queensland as the controller of the school/school farm.
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Manual task case study: Handling oxy bottles - Monadelphous Engineering
Case study about how Monadelphous Engineering applied the PErforM program to reduce the manual-tasks risks of handling oxy bottles.