The Fair Work Commission overturned BHP's decision to sack a miner involved in a violent altercation at the Caval Ridge mine in Queensland, Australia. Deputy President Terri Butler determined the dismissal was unfair.
The incident involved a fight in the back of a ute where the miner was allegedly held in a headlock and assaulted by a colleague. The Commission found that the miner's punches were a proportionate response to the attack, constituting self-defense.
The Commission ruled in favor of the miner, concluding that BHP's dismissal was unjustified. The miner has been reinstated to his position.
A BHP miner sacked for repeatedly punching his colleague in a violent fight at work has won his job back after the Fair Work Commission held there was no basis for the sacking as the worker acted in self-defence.
Deputy president Terri Butler ruled BHP unfairly dismissed the Caval Ridge, Queensland, miner as his punches were a proportionate response to a co-worker holding him in a headlock and hitting him while they were in the back of a ute.
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