Tag: Slips Trips and Falls
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The High Cost of Housekeeping Failures
It is easy for safety professionals to become consumed by complex technical hazards, major hazard facilities, and high-level engineering controls. Yet, basic slips, trips, and falls remain the most frequent drivers of severe workplace injuries and common law liability. The Incident A worker initiated common law proceedings after suffering severe, career-ending musculoskeletal injuries. The injury…
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A dip, a slip and a hospital trip
In an unexpected turn the New South Wales Court of Appeal has dismissed a case put to the District Court involving a customer who fell in the cold section of the Coles Neutral Bay Supermarket in 2010. The case which was finalised in August last year resulted in Coles Supermarkets being sued for nearly $120,000…
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McDonalds cleaner suing after slipping in spilt liquid
A major fast food retailer has told a hearing in an Adelaide court that a cleaner who slipped and fell outside one of its shops is responsible for her own injuries.