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Workplace Injuries

Have You Suf­fered A Work­place Injury?

Workplace Injury

If you’ve been injured in the work place, you are not alone. All over Aus­tralia there are lit­er­ally thou­sands and thou­sands of work­ers who suf­fer injuries on the job each year. These injuries are caused by a num­ber of fac­tors, but the end result is always the same: loss. Lost wages, lost time, and lost qual­ity of life. Don’t take these losses sit­ting down, you have the right to apply for work­ers com­pen­sa­tion and to get the help you are owed in get­ting your health and life back.

Work­place Injuries

No one is immune from the pos­si­bil­ity of get­ting injured at work. Whether you’re a nurse in a hos­pi­tal or a fore­man on a con­struc­tion site, acci­dents can hap­pen anywhere.

Some fact about work­place injuries:

  • Most on the job injuries hap­pen to males
  • Con­struc­tion work­ers are more likely to be injured than other workers
  • Tools are fre­quently involved in work­place injuries
  • A large num­ber of at work injuries occur to the eyes and hands

    • Com­mon causes of on the job injuries include:

    • Dropped items
    • Slip and falls
    • Repet­i­tive strain
    • Occu­pa­tional diseases

    What To Do After A Work­place Injury

    After you’ve been injured it’s crit­i­cal that you:

    • Report That You’ve Been Injured to Your Employer — This report should be in writ­ing, prefer­ably in the company’s Acci­dent Book, that way there is a record that can be traced in the case of any ques­tions or prob­lems in the future.
    • Seek Med­ical Assis­tance — Most employ­ers will auto­mat­i­cally require that you receive a med­ical eval­u­a­tion by a physi­cian, but even if they do not, you should do so on your own. Make sure that in addi­tion to keep­ing a copy of your eval­u­a­tion, you con­tinue to doc­u­ment any con­tin­ued med­ical treat­ment that you receive as well.

    Do you qual­ify for work­pace injury compensation?

    Just because you are injured on the job does not mean that you will be able to file a work­ers com­pen­sa­tion claim. Your injury may not qual­ify under the laws of work­ers injury com­pen­sa­tion if:

    • You were in vio­la­tion of com­pany and state laws at the time the acci­dent occurred
    • You fail to notify your employer in an ade­quate amount of time

      • Due to the com­plex­ity of the law and the nature of your injury, seek­ing legal assis­tance if you’ve been injured on the job can help make your tran­si­tion through this process much smoother.

      Get legal advice and rep­re­sen­ta­tion at compensationinjury.com.au.