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Compliance audit report: Hairdressing in South East Queensland
Concerns have been directed to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) about persons in hairdressing workplaces being exposed to risks associated with chemicals, manual tasks and inadequate amenities.
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Case study
Corrective Services Officer fails in claim relating to unprovoked prisoner assault
Mr Corbin, a corrective services officer, was assaulted by prisoner X on 10 October 2013 resulting in him suffering a number of injuries including a head injury. Mr Corbin had earlier asked prisoner X to smoke outside but he persisted. The attack occurred shortly after Mr Corbin re-approached the prisoner, without another officer, to again ask him to stop smoking. Without warning, prisoner X struck Mr Corbin several times in the head.
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Guide
Manifest requirements for hazardous chemicals
This guide can be used to assist a PCBU meet their duty to provide a manifest for hazardous chemicals under the WHS Regulation. This guide outlines the information to be included, provides an example manifest, and a checklist to help ensure the required information is included.
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Case study
Warning could have prevented injury
Fetu v Northern Iron and Brass Foundry [2013] QDC 330. Worker suffered a shoulder injury when he was working in a primer booth as a spray painter.
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Case study
Future economic loss based on post injury income
Kirchner v ITT Water, 5 November 2010. This case study demonstrates a Court may use post injury income to assess future economic loss
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Case study
No foreseeable risk of injury
Love v Lindsays Bros Management Pty Ltd [2013] QDC 174 30 August 2013. This case demonstrates an assault would not have been prevented by any steps the employer might have taken, and there was no foreseeable risk of injury.