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A fraudster who operated as a cleaner and escort while receiving over $74,000 in workers’ compensation will be required to repay WorkSafe after he pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining payments by deception.
Café owner fined over $93,000 fraud
A former cook at a Wheelers Hill aged care centre has been convicted and fined $10,000 after buying and running his own café while receiving workers compensation payments.
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Worker in critical condition after catching fire while re-filling heater at Adelaide pub
A 25yo man was rushed to hospital after being seriously burnt during a workplace incident in Adelaide’s northeast on Friday night.
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Transport accidents while working – Is it a WorkCover or TAC claim?
There are circumstances where an injury occurred in both a workplace accident and a transport accident; for example, a truck driver injured in a motor vehicle accident while delivering products to a consumer.
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Worker pleads late claim due to ‘injury and depression’ – will it be accepted?
The Fair Work Commission recently dealt with a case involving a worker who lodged an unfair dismissal case 82 days beyond the 21-day statutory limit.
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A1 Engineering fined after worker crushed to death at old cheese factory
Victorian regional business A1 Engineering has been convicted and fined $250,000 in the County Court after one of its workers was killed while decommissioning an old cheese factory in Leitchville in the state’s north.
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New WorkCover restrictions ‘troubling’
The sustainability of Victoria’s WorkCover scheme is critical but new restrictions on worker eligibility announced today are concerning, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
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Queensland man electrocuted in workplace incident near Mackay
The man is understood to have died while digging a trench at a private property.
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Research Finds Moderately Dangerous Workplaces Most Prone to Accidents
Although some people might expect very dangerous jobs to be associated with the highest incidence of workplace accidents, a new study finds that accidents are actually most likely to occur within moderately dangerous work environments.
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Kitchen Installer Fined $50K Over Worker’s Load Injury
Trendgosa Pty Ltd, was sentenced in the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to provide or maintain systems of work that were, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health.
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Tribunal junks worker’s claim of ‘psychological injury’ due to ‘management behaviour’
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia (AATA) recently dealt with a case involving a worker who claimed he suffered from a “psychological injury” because of his management’s behavior.
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Pool and Department of Education charged after drowning
WorkSafe has charged a Port Fairy pool operator and the Department of Education and Training after an eight-year-old boy drowned while on a school excursion.
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Goulburn Valley Water fined after worker loses finger
One of Victoria’s major water corporations has been fined after an employee partially lost a finger following a workplace accident.
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Worker and his mum are awarded compensation after work injury
In some circumstances you may be entitled to claim compensation if you are diagnosed with a psychological injury after dealing with the trauma of a loved one suffering serious injury, where that injury is the result of the negligence of others. This is commonly known as a “nervous shock” claim.
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Explosion at factory in Shepparton North, Victoria, injures six workers
A man is fighting for life and five other people were injured in a gas explosion at a recycling factory in Victoria.
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