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    Accidents in Workplace – Who's Fault Is It? : Finance & Loans

    Accidents in the workplace are not always the result of outright negligence of the employer, frequently these types of workplace accidents are the result of the employees directly. There can be a number of reasons why this is the case, for example should employees lack adequate training or poor supervision then a workplace based compensation claim relating to personal injury can be filed against either the employer or indeed the individual who caused the injury to you by qualified injury lawyers .

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    Steps towards a safer workplace

    The Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) recently awarded the study a development grant.

    Senior research fellow Dr Peter Smith, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, said that his project would develop a way to measure increased risk of injury or illness among specific groups of workers.

    “Subgroups of the labour market, for example younger workers, new workers, immigrants and other minorities are often considered vulnerable in terms of injury risk,” Dr Smith said.

    “Yet this grouping of workers as ‘young’ or ‘new’ and so on, does not identify the specific characteristics that put these workers at higher risk of experiencing a work-related injury.”

    “This study will help us understand how the social and structural context at work can lead to an increased risk of injury and will help to develop preventative activities in the future.”