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Engaged employees own The Jetty Specialist's safety transformation
The Jetty Specialist, a Caloundra-based marina infrastructure builder, turned to its employees to help improve their safety performance.
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SEE Civil reaps rewards for tackling return to work head on
Construction company SEE Civil has slashed its annual premium thanks to a willingness to learn something new by seeking out best practice return to work strategies.
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Scentre Group: From little things, big things grow
Scentre Group is the owner and operator of Australia and New Zealand’s largest shopping centre portfolio, Westfield.
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Dedicated WHS manager and improvements in WHS systems - CB Group
CB Group is a civil construction company based on the Gold Coast that specialises in energy. It has a workforce of 123, comprising office and field workers. CB Group undertakes a wide variety of civil construction work and specialises in underground work associated with telecommunications, streetlights and traffic signals. The energy division is also involved in renewable energy such as solar.
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Verbal warning not enough
Samways v WorkCover Queensland & Ors, 28 April 2010. This case study shows that a verbal warning is not sufficient action if there is a reasonable way to isolate a risk and the plaintiff can be liable for contributory negligence
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Instructions: a direction or mere request?
Vella’s Plant Hire Pty Ltd v Mistranch Pty Ltd & Ors, 29 March 2012. This case highlights the question that needs to be asked in matters where directions are being received from the principal contractor. That is, whether an instruction from a Principal is a mere “request” or is conduct amounting to direction and control of how the work is to be carried out.
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Credibility of witness statements
Tep v ATS Australasian Technical Services Pty Ltd [2012] QSC, 7 September 2012. This case was decided on credibility where his honour preferred the evidence of the defendant’s witnesses to that of the workers as to how the event occurred.