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Take Forking Seriously
In 2017 SafeWork NSW prosecuted & subsequently fined businesses a total of $835,000 for incidents where workers were either injured or killed by a forklift. This has prompted us to again highlight the importance of Fork Lift Safety seriously...
New Claim Model – March Update
In the first 60 days, the new NSW icare workers compensation claims model teams were inundated with 9,000 claims & 3,500 injury notifications. EML increased recruitment in March improving service. Timing with claims management is critical &...
Hazardous Manual Tasks
During the last 4 years, more than 145,000 workers have been injured as a result of hazardous manual tasks. WHS legislation specifically defines hazardous manual tasks & businesses are able to take simple steps to minimise risks & provide a...
New NSW Claims Model Update
Since being implement on 1 January 2018, the new NSW workers compensation claims model teams have received significantly higher volumes than expected. EML teams are trying hard to manage the higher volumes yet teething problems exist. New NSW...