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A Canberra man who hurt his back while working at a sawmill has won more $1 million in compensation.
The 45-year-old man suffered the injury in November 2007 when he was left to work alone at Integrated Forest Products in Hume.
The man, who had suffered an earlier back injury, had been a forklift driver at the business, but when the company was winding down he was required to work at a planing mill shifting laden trolleys of logs.
ACT Supreme Court Master David Harper found the company was liable and that the place and manner of work was unsafe.
The payout includes lost past earnings of $189,000, lost future earnings of $400,000 and general damages of around $120,000.
The total compensation amount is $1,025,309.
Topics: courts-and-trials, workplace, act, canberra-2600
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