For workers who travel as part of their jobs, workers’ compensation covers certain kinds of injuries involved with the travel itself — no question about that. Then, there’s this case …

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Tags: Australia, business trip, injuries involved with travel, workers' compensation

There are probably innumerable ways to break your wrist at work and qualify for workers’ compensation. But punching a customer?

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Tags: Australia, broken wrist, punched customer, Red Rooster, Workers' comp

At Safety News Alert, we comb the Internet daily to find news stories of interest to safety pros. So, you can’t blame us for wanting to find out what this story was about after reading the headline:

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Tags: Australia, forklift, missing step

Criminal prosecution of companies where safety violations cause serious injuries or fatalities are rare in the U.S. With that in mind, it’s interesting to note how such cases are handled in another democracy.

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Tags: Australia, criminal prosecution, serious injury or death