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WorkCover successfully appeals extension of limitation period
Mr Lawson’s knee was injured on 13 April 1999 in the course of pushing a work vehicle to a service station. Mr Lawson alleged the workplace was negligent.
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Daryl Dickenson Transport - A load restraint safety case study
It is not recommended to use fixed or pivoting lever binders because they can cause serious injury when applying or releasing lashings.
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Connecting safety and culture - getting started: Integra Packaging Pty Ltd., Yeerongpilly
Integra Packaging embarked on a safety culture and leadership journey when the company recognised that the key to continued safe and efficient production rested with its people.
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Transdev Brisbane Ferries: Safety starts with YOU: Be fitter, be safer
Transdev Brisbane Ferries is part of Transdev Australasia, which operates nine transport businesses throughout Australia and New Zealand. The company was awarded a grant under the Queensland Government’s High-Risk Industry Work Health Funding Program in 2013.
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Transit Australia Group
Through the IPaM program, Transit Australia Group identified strategies to improve safety and reduce associated costs and impacts on the business.
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Toll Global Logistics - No dogs case study
Load restraint is one of the high-risk activities associated with road transport, particularly within steel transport.
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Industry standard equipment not enough to satisfy duty of care
Thompson v Cranetrans Pty Ltd [2013] QSC 250 23 September 2013. Where equipment is provided which accords with industry standard, that does not necessarily mean that the employer’s conduct has met a standard of reasonable care.
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Employers have a duty to train and instruct workers on safe truck exiting
Kelleher v J & A Accessories Pty Ltd [2018] QSC 227 - Brisbane Supreme Court. The Plaintiff was a 45 year old sales representative / delivery driver who alleged he sustained lower back and psychiatric injuries as a result of repetitively lifting vehicle batteries weighing over 20kg between 2012 and 2013; and exiting from the cabin of an Isuzu NPR 300 truck on 21 August 2013.
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Manual task case study: Unloading containers - TJM Products
Case study about how TJM Products applied the PErforM program to reduce the manual-tasks risks of unloading containers.
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Auto guided vehicles case study: Carlton United Breweries
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland visited Carlton United Breweries (CUB) to learn more about auto guided vehicles (AGV) at the Yatala facility and how they are improving onsite traffic management (OSTM). CUB employs more than 1,700 people at six Australian breweries and various offices around Australia.
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Automatic shrink wrapping machine - Rexel
Rexel is a supplier of electrical products to electricians and members of the public across Queensland that has invested in two automatic shrink wrapping machines, used to wrap stock on pallets to ship to customers.
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Employer found liable for ankle injury
The plaintiff suffered an injury to her right ankle and a psychological injury when she stepped on a Lego block and rolled her ankle whilst removing an A-Frame obstacle course from a storage shed on 29 August 2017.