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  • Mandatory participation results in damages paid

    Bagiante v Bunnings Group Limited. [2012] QSC, 31 May 2012. Employers should take care when arranging team events and participation in these activities should be on a voluntary basis.

    1 July 2015

  • No breach of duty where cleaning system enforced

    Scott v Jackson Garden Landscape Supplies Pty Ltd 17 February 2015. This decision highlights the importance of an employer not only having in place a system of work, but also maintaining and enforcing that system to guard against risk of injury.

    1 July 2015

  • Accident not caused by failures

    Wolters v The University of the Sunshine Coast [2012] QSC 298, 5 October 2012. This is another case where the legal term of causation has been examined. The court found the employer breached its duty at common law and in contract by failing to adequately manage the behaviour of the supervisor following the event with the previous worker. However, the court held that the breach did not cause the claimant's loss, as it could not find that any action by the employer would have prevented the supervisor's actions on the day.

    1 July 2015

  • Employer found not negligent in security

    Karanfilov v MSS Security & Ors [2013] QSC 304. Injured worker suffered post-traumatic stress disorder when he was working as a security guard.

    1 July 2015

  • Engaging workers and management when identifying risk

    Newslink was invited to participate in the Injury Prevention and Management (IPaM) program in 2012, after a period of increased workers’ compensation claims which led to increased business costs and WorkCover Queensland premiums.

    1 July 2015

  • No reason to anticipate misconduct might be dangerous

    Pols v AME Products [2013] QDC 190 19 August 2013. There was no reason to anticipate misconduct might be dangerous to other employees.There was no reason to anticipate misconduct might be dangerous to other employees.

    1 July 2015

  • Not foreseeable for racial joking to cause psychiatric condition

    Guorgi v Pipemakers Australia [2013] QSC 198 9 August 2013. It wasn’t reasonably foreseeable that the worker would suffer a psychiatric condition as a result of racial jokes.

    1 July 2015

  • Injury of an employee due to an unsafe system of work

    Anderson v AWWW Pty Ltd [2013] QDC155 12 July 2013. The Court expects employers to implement and enforce a safe system of work to ensure that workers are not injured while at work.

    1 July 2015

  • Vehicles as a Workplace - Work Health and Safety Case Study

    Big Firm Electrics

    PDF 206.94 kB 1 September 2022

  • Return on investment: CB group

    Over five years the return on investment for the CB Group investment in an upgraded WHS system is $3.22 of benefit for every $1 of cost.

    PDF 123.83 kB 28 August 2020

  • Manual task case study: Maintaining the internal lining of furnaces - Bradken

    Case study about how Bradken applied the PErforM program to reduce the manual-tasks risks of maintaining the internal lining of furnaces.

    PDF 117.75 kB 28 August 2020

  • The Scooter Group - a case study on restructuring safety

    A case study highlighing a top performing business and their safety practices following the MSBI.

    PDF 125.4 kB 28 August 2020