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Employer found to have breached duty of care to concrete delivery driver
On 26 July 20218 the Plaintiff, a concrete delivery driver, suffered a left wrist and secondary psychiatric injury.
2 February 2023 -
Damages awarded to librarian for back injury.
The Plaintiff was a librarian who injured her back when upturning a book return box to retrieve a book that had slipped under the base.
12 June 2020 -
Tamara's story
Tamara shared with us what motivates her to foster a supportive return to work culture and help YFS employees when they are injured.
17 November 2022 -
Keith and Thomas’s Story
Iceworld CEO Keith shares how he turned things around for both Thomas and the business in this case study.
17 November 2022 -
Injury Prevention and Management case studies
Case Studies to help employers establish and maintain effective injury prevention and management systems.
20 September 2018 -
Holy Cross Laundry
Holy Cross Laundry has improved their stay at work and their claim durations have decreased following their participation in the IPaM program.
21 July 2016 -
Employer found not negligent in security
Karanfilov v MSS Security & Ors [2013] QSC 304. Injured worker suffered post-traumatic stress disorder when he was working as a security guard.
1 July 2015 -
Mandatory participation results in damages paid
Bagiante v Bunnings Group Limited. [2012] QSC, 31 May 2012. Employers should take care when arranging team events and participation in these activities should be on a voluntary basis.
1 July 2015 -
No reason to anticipate misconduct might be dangerous
Pols v AME Products [2013] QDC 190 19 August 2013. There was no reason to anticipate misconduct might be dangerous to other employees.There was no reason to anticipate misconduct might be dangerous to other employees.
1 July 2015 -
Not foreseeable for racial joking to cause psychiatric condition
Guorgi v Pipemakers Australia [2013] QSC 198 9 August 2013. It wasn’t reasonably foreseeable that the worker would suffer a psychiatric condition as a result of racial jokes.
1 July 2015 -
Worker unsuccessfully appeals court's initial finding that she was not bullied at work
Robertson v State of Queensland, 7 May 2021. The Court of Appeal has dismissed a worker's appeal against the District Court of Queensland's judgement that she was not bullied during her time as a nurse.
15 June 2021 -
Zero Harm at Work case study_Energex Sun Safety
This case study is on skin cancer prevention in an outdoor workplace.
PDF 171.64 kB 28 August 2020