A worker has successfully argued that a multi-functioned cooking appliance meets the definition of "curative apparatus" under workers' comp laws, providing therapeutic properties to help her manage her work injury.
A site's principal contractor has been ordered to pay damages to another company's director who sustained serious injuries falling through a void he knew was not properly protected. A judge found the principal was obligated to guard against unsafe acts of temporary inadvertence or inattention.
A company that ignored a worker's requests for help to maintain equipment, forcing him to perform ad hoc fixes he wasn't qualified for, has been ordered to pay him damages after a machine part exploded in his face.
An appeals commission has rejected submissions that a worker's ruptured breast implant was not an injury because it did not cause a "physiological change".
A major employer has been found liable for the hearing loss of an "administrative" worker, with an appeals commission confirming she conducted visits to dangerously noisy sites.
A worker who claimed she suffered a psychological injury from her employer sending her "very intense" emails on a COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been denied compensation, with a commission finding there was nothing unreasonable about the employer's communication.
A worker's psychological injuries are impacting on his physical condition but he is still entitled to two sets of incapacity payments, an appeals commission has confirmed.
A worker who was accused of tampering with CCTV footage at a host company's site has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury, after a commission found his employer failed to "advocate" for him when the host requested he be stood down.
An appeals commission has upheld the psychological injury claim from a worker who was ridiculed for pushing for better COVID-safe standards. It rejected his employer's argument that his case was defeated by the fact that an alleged assault never occurred.
A worker who was attacked by a dog while working from home under COVID-19 restrictions was injured in the course of her employment, a commission president has ruled in rejecting the employer's appeal.