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  • Case study

    Employer liable for injury loading truck at coal mine

    The plaintiff was a truck operator at the Burton Coal Mine, and alleged he sustained an injury to his lower back when a large rock was dropped into the tray of his truck in October 2011.

    24 June 2019
  • Case study

    Nurse awarded damages after patient barges through a door

    The Plaintiff was a nurse who sustained injuries to her back together with a secondary psychological injury, after a patient attempted to barge through a door in the nurses’ station in the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (the PICU) on 9 August 2012.

    21 June 2019
  • Video

    Occupational health assessment of a patient presenting with a work-related musculoskeletal injury

    This presentation provides advice to general practitioners and practice managers about applying the relevant principles and considerations in assessing a patient with a work-related musculoskeletal injury. Presented by Mr Dalton Langenhoven.

    12 January 2018
  • Tool

    PErforM Risk Assessment Tool

    PErforM - Participative Ergonomics for manual-tasks

    DOC 294.91 kB 28 August 2020
  • Case study

    Plaintiff unsuccessful in proving QAS psychiatric injury liability

    The plaintiff was a paramedic with the Queensland Ambulance Service (‘QAS’), based in Far North Queensland. He allegedly developed a psychiatric injury arising out of three incidents which he attended as paramedic at Doomadgee.

    3 June 2019
  • Publication

    February 2023

    Read the February 2023 edition of Rehabilitation and Return to Work e-bulletin.

    23 February 2023
  • Video

    How common law claims are determined and a review of recent workers compensation cases

    Damien van Brunschot, Principal Lawyer from DWF and John Kinnane, Corporate Solicitor from WorkCover Queensland discuss how common law claims are determined and a review of recent workers compensation cases (May 2019).

    1 May 2019
  • Guide

    A death in the workplace - A guide for family and friends

    This guide provides information that may be helpful to you and other family members at a time when you are grieving your loss and dealing with changes in your family life.

    PDF 1.7 MB 8 August 2024
  • Case study

    A foreseeable risk

    Schmidt v S J Sanders Pty Ltd, 22 June 2012. This case highlights the need that even experienced truck drivers need to be specifically trained in egress and access of trucks due to the foreseeable risk of slipping off a truck step.

    1 July 2015

  • Tax file number declaration

    Australian Tax Office NAT 74911-11.2018

    PDF 87 kB 28 August 2020
  • Case study

    Fresh take on safety leads to real results

    Seapal Pallets and Crates began participating in the IPaM program in January 2013 with a focus on improving their workplace health and safety systems.

    1 July 2015
  • Case study

    Shred-X: Developing a national safety plan

    Shred-X Document Destruction (Shred-X) provides secure destruction services, from paper shredding to digital media destruction. Shred-X services thousands of commercial sites and households across South-East Queensland on a weekly basis. Trucks regularly visit Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, Emerald and northern New South Wales.

    1 July 2015