Media identity workers compo hits a snag over food delivery Former radio announcer Scott McBain – now a truck driver – has been denied compo for back pain over a delivery of sausages to his daughter.
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Subscriber only Former radio presenter and Adelaide media identity-turned-truck driver Scott McBain has been denied worker s compensation after a judge found a workplace injury was not to blame for ongoing back pain. Footage secretly filmed by Integrated Waste Services, for which he drove trucks, and tendered to the SA Employment Tribunal showed McBain driving from Adelaide to Parachilna and back - and performing other exercises - when he claimed he was in serious pain.
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One of South Australia s most well-known voiceover artists has lost a bid for workers compensation after his employer filmed him driving for hours and carrying heavy items.
Key points:
He was injured while working as a truck driver and claimed compensation
His claim was denied
Scott McBain did program announcements and presenting for Channel 9 from 1983–2005 and also worked on Adelaide radio until 2006.
South Australia s Employment Tribunal heard he started working as a truck driver at Integrated Waste Services (IWS) in 2015 and injured his right arm and lower back in January 2016 when he fell while unfurling the curtain on a side of a truck at the Dublin landfill.