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The goal of this blog is to provide useful information on every aspect of workplace health - from wellness and injury prevention through to rehabilitation and recovery at work.

Injured worker wins $725k when he wasn't warned of an "obvious" risk

We love our OHS Alert articles. In recent post an employer that failed to instruct a worker not to stand on scaffolding rails, even if it was "obvious" to workers not to do so, has been ordered to pay him $725,000 in damages, after he fractured his spine in a five-metre fall in 2008.  

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The Health Benefits of Return to Work

In a recent article by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians on the role of GPs in realising the health benefits of work, I questioned just how many doctors believe this. The article suggests “return to work is not possible for everyone, but certifying time off work - particularly when absence is long term - can have significant side effects, including increased rates of overall mortality, poorer physical health and poorer mental health and psychological wellbeing” something Actevate continually endorses. 

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From Steel Caps to Stilettos

Meet Kate Cordy-Hedge, an Exercise Physiologist who has joined out team. Kate has spent most of her career working in injury prevention within the construction industry, whilst she hasn’t hung up the steel caps just yet, she shares with us her journey to Actevate and how assisting injured workers in their recovery back to health is a passion.  

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Injured Worker Ordered to Repay $25k

Our friends at OHS Alert continue to provide us with great workers compensation information. An injured worker in the NT has been ordered to repay her employer $25,000 in workers' comp benefits, after it was found her injury wasn't caused by a manual handling incident.  

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Taking Ergonomics to the Little Screen

Actevate has always been innovative in our industry, leading the way in improved case management and our preventative work. We have recently worked with Service NSW in taking office ergonomics to a whole new level. 

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