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  • Clarity for employers on social work functions

    ALH v Simon Blackwood (the Regulator) [2014] QIRC 105 13 June 2014 The recent decision from the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission provides further clarity for employers in determining applications for compensation for injuries sustained at social work functions.

    1 July 2015

  • Employer not liable for worker failing to keep look out

    Pershouse v Sirius Observatories Australia [2013] QDC, 9 May 2013. The Court was satisfied that there was no duty upon the employer to protect the worker from a risk that would have been reasonably foreseen by the worker.

    1 July 2015

  • Judgement of breach of duty of care overturned on appeal

    Larkin v Suncorp Staff Pty Ltd [2013] QDC 028 Samios DCJ. A judgement ruling an employer breached its of duty of care was overturned on Appeal when it was noted that there was a low probability that an accident would occur and the resulting injuries would be minimal.

    1 July 2015

  • Cook Medical: on the road to recovery

    Cook Medical takes safety and injury management seriously, and manages manual tasks, stress, health and wellbeing to keep their workers safe, and by doing so, have reduced their premium rate from double the premium industry rate.

    1 July 2015

  • Risk of injury for manual handling

    Griffiths v State of Queensland, 1 April 2011. The injured worker was employed as a nursing assistant at the Nambour General Hospital, where she worked in the Central Sterilising Service Department (CSSD). The CSSD is a large industrial washing area, equipped with sterilising dishwashers and other equipment for medical sterilisation and cleaning.

    1 July 2015

  • Hospital found not negligent

    Hyde v State of Queensland [2013] QDC 268 24 October 2013 The plaintiff failed to establish any negligence or breach of contractual obligation on the part of the defendant, in the case of an angina episode relating to a pre-existing condition.

    1 July 2015

  • General induction not enough

    Brunker v Consolidated Meat Group, 29 August 2010. This case study is about a slicer employed at a Rockhampton meatworks that demonstrates employers must give task specific instructions and directions and must provide more than a 'general induction'.

    1 July 2015

  • Failure to establish negligence

    Schonell v Laspina, Trabucco & Co Pty Ltd [2013] QSC 90, 11 April 2013. This case looked at the principle that when considering what reasonable measures employers should adopt to avoid a foreseeable risk of injury, the test should not be considered with the benefit of hindsight, but rather looking forward to identify what response should have been made.

    1 July 2015

  • Future earnings capacity debated

    Simmons v Wanless & another [2014] QDC 13 February 2014. In this case, liability was not disputed, but the issue that was contested was the extent of the worker’s future earnings capacity.

    1 July 2015

  • Discharging duty of care

    Caine v Bunnings Group Limited [2012] QDC, 4 September 2012. This is a case where the court found that the employer had discharged its duty of care by providing an adequate system of work, training and instruction.

    1 July 2015

  • No alternative system established

    Williams v Riviera Marine [2013] QDC 306. The worker suffered a shoulder injury while working on wiring in a small locker onboard a boat.

    1 July 2015

  • Worker's fall did not cause consequential symptoms

    Beardmore v Crown Equipment Pty Ltd [2012] QDC, 3 October 2012. This is a case where the court found there was a fall at work, there was negligence but the fall did not cause consequential symptoms.

    1 July 2015