Coles-Myer sued over workplace injury.

A Coles Myer supermarket chain, for security reasons had a procedure for handling monies from the cashier. This involved placing the monies in a container, to be put into a vacuum tube, which then went to a central location, usually up stairs, for assessment then storage.

At a later stage it was recommended that it would be more beneficial, for the checkout ‘chick’ to deliver the monies personally, again usually requiring a journey up a flight of stairs.

During this recommendation, theres was neglect in realising that there might be an occupation, health and safety issue, regarding weight and or manner in which these sums of monies are carried.

During one such incident a checkout employee was injured during one such transfer of monies. As a result of this a court case became pending, and subsequently a sum of money was awarded to the individual.