In workplace injury causation cases under s 5D of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), the relevant question is whether the particular injury would not have occurred had the precaution been taken, not whether the worker faced a high risk of injury from other aspects of their conduct; a court must consider whether the precaution would have afforded the worker an opportunity to employ a safer method that was impossible without it.
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