Our client was a formwork carpenter by trade. He had spent his entire working life working on the tools doing very heavy manual work. This work involved lifting and carrying large timbers, formwork and working at heights. With a partner and young children to support, he finally secured employment in the coal mines in country…
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Recently our workers compensation team, led by Michelle Meigan, was requested to represent a young child in a workers compensation death benefit claim. Our client’s Dad was tragically killed in a mine accident. Lawyers were appointed to protect the interests of the deceased’s wife, who was the mother of our client and another child. Because…
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Our client was an electrician injured whilst working in/around a coal mine. FACTS OF ACCIDENT IN/AROUND COAL MINE Our client and his crew were instructed to replace electrical cabling which had been damaged in the coal mine. The cable to be replaced was extremely thick and very heavy. The length of cable weighed around 3…
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Recently, the litigation team at Taylor & Scott finalised a negligence claim for a mine worker who had gone to his local country solicitor seeking assistance following an accident at work. The country solicitor took details of the accident but advised his client that he thought it would be in the client’s best interests to…
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