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Guide
Farm safety
Practical solutions to six common causes of injury in the rural industry.
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Publication
New arc flash film
Arc flash incidents happen too often in Queensland—the latest just over a week ago. We have the highest rate of incidents in Australia, which is not something not to be proud of. In the past 11 years, there have been 47 serious incidents and one death.
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Case study
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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Case study
Routine tasks not posing foreseeable risk of injury
Fatnowna v Acril Quality Testing Services Pty Ltd [unreported] 25 September 2015. In this case the District Court found the employer not to be in breach of its duty to its employees.
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Publication
Electrical licensing disciplinary action
In November and December 2021, the Electrical Licensing Committee took disciplinary action against 14 licence holders, issuing fines and cancelling and suspending licenses.
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Video
Understanding common law claims – an accommodation and food services perspective
WorkCover Queensland partnered with Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers on 17 September 2015 to deliver a webinar to help accommodation-and-food-services employers understand how to minimise the risk of incurring common law claims.
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Case study
Employers need to enforce workers to wear PPE
Tomkins v Kemp Meats Pty Ltd [2013] QDC 184 17 July 2013. For employers, the case serves as an important reminder on the need to enforce the requirement for workers to wear personal protective equipment.
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Case study
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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Publication
Testing for correct polarity
Several installations have been identified where people at the property, or at another property, have received electric shocks due to incorrect polarity of consumer mains or submains.