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Australia’s OH&S needs first aid

By on March 15, 2013 in OH&S, Workplace injury

Only 16% of Australian workplaces comply with Safe Work Australia’s new code of practice on first aid, according to research by St John Ambulance. But this is only the tip of the iceberg for the crisis in Australian occupational health and safety, which itself appears to need first aid… Australia has turned its back on [...]

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The importance of an accurate injury claim form

By on March 5, 2013 in Insurance claims, Legal cases, Tips & Tricks, Workplace injury, WorkSafe Vic, WTF

We have said it many times, the best and only ways to preserve evidence of your work injuries are by reporting all of them promptly to a doctor or other medical provider (i.e. hospital), by accurately filling in the injury claim form, and by photographing any visible marks, cuts, bruises, swellings, including any casts (plaster), [...]

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Injured workers or injury prone workers are weeded out by companies

By on October 4, 2012 in Employment, Workplace injury, WTF

A LAW firm representing workers says companies are increasingly using medical testing to weed out injured, injury-prone and unproductive employees. Is it a wonder that sacked injured workers cannot find new employment? Injured workers or injury prone workers are weeded out by companies Companies weed out injury prone September 27, 2012 Georgia Wilkins Maurice Blackburn [...]

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Blind obedience to bosses is major cause of workplace injuries‏

By on July 25, 2012 in Fraud & Abuse, Workplace injury, WorkSafe Vic, WTF

Thanks to M for sharing this discovery.  Obedience to bosses can be a dangerous practice. This is crucially important for workers to understand. Blind obedience to bosses is major cause of workplace injuries‏ (The Project Channel 10 WorkSafe Victoria ) Published on 22 Jul 2012   The sad fact for many workers (up to 90%) [...]

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False workplace bullying claims – we’re not seeing an epidemic?

By on June 9, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Politics, Psych, Workplace injury

The following article from “The Conversation” expresses concern toward false accusations of bullying in the workplace. Regardless of opinion to be a victim of bullying or accused of bullying is serious. A safe means of reporting and gleening evidence without bias needs further consideration. False workplace bullying claims – we’re not seeing an epidemic The [...]

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Preliminary results of injured workers survey by the IWSN

By on May 19, 2012 in WorkCover NSW, Workplace injury

The of NSW has conducted a survey covering a range of injured workers. The preliminary results from their first 300 surveys have been compiled and revealed some important findings, which warrant serious consideration by the O’Farrell government… Preliminary results of injured workers survey by the IWSN Preliminary results of the first 300 returned surveys from [...]

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Workplace Injury and Disease Recording Standard – reporting work injuries accurately

By on May 14, 2012 in Fraud & Abuse, Resources, Workplace injury

Thanks to our star contributor and soon to be co-author, @trinny61, we stumbled on The Workplace Injury and Disease Recording Standard. This important standard was developed to provide individual workplaces with a guide on how to establish an inexpensive and easy to use method of recording information on work injury and disease. May be of [...]

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Boss’s ‘oxygen thief’ slur‏

By on May 13, 2012 in Bullying & Stress, Media, Shame files, Workplace injury

When I opened the Sunday paper this morning I was more than a little shocked to find this headline: Boss’s ‘oxygen thief’ slur‏.  I was even more taken aback to find that the I knew the offending company very well. As a former manager at Chubb Security (and one who blew the whistle on this [...]

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It is workers, not employers, who overwhelmingly bear the costs of workplace injuries

By on May 6, 2012 in Media, Politics, Safe Work AU, Unions, Workplace injury, WTF

A report by Safe Work Australia revealed that three-quarters of the costs of workplace injuries and diseases is borne by the injured workers themselves, including loss of current and future income and non-compensated medical expenses. It is workers, not employers, who overwhelmingly bear the costs of workplace injuries Unacceptable cost of workplace injuries and diseases [...]

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Injured at work on first day of new job – advice needed

By on April 28, 2012 in ACCS, Employment, Psych, Stories, Workplace injury

aworkcovervictimsdiary.com received an email from an injured worker, who, most unfortunately, sustained a psychiatric injury on his first day at work, when he had been held up at gun point by a robber. It appears that his employer has not been honest and has made the -brand new – employment contract “disappear” in order to [...]

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International Workers Memorial Day – Remember the dead and fight for the living

By on April 26, 2012 in Workplace injury

The 28th of April is International Workers Memorial Day, but in most Australia states this is commemorated on the 27th of April, tomorrow! It is a day for remembering someone lost in a senseless work place tragedy; and it is also a day where unions around the world campaign for improvements in workplace health and [...]

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Young man seriously injured after WorkSafe FAILS to issue recall notice

By on March 26, 2012 in Shame files, Workplace injury, WorkSafe Vic

A YOUNG plumber was badly burned when a faulty gas bottle erupted in flames less than two months after a 25-year-old tradesman died in a huge gas blast.  TROY TALIANA SUFFERED BAD BURNS TO HIS LEG AFTER A FAULTY GAS BOTTLE EXPLODED. Troy Taliana, 22, believes he is lucky to be alive and the accident [...]

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Safe Work Australia releases three workplace injury reports

By on March 22, 2012 in Safe Work AU, Workplace injury

A new report titled The Cost of Work-related Injury and Illness for Australian Employers, Workers and the Community: 2008-09 from Safe Work Australia shows the total cost of work-related injury, illness and disease was now more than $60 billion a year. This report was released at the same time as a second Safe Work report [...]

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