BSBWHS401 - Session 4

Regardless of how many safety processes are put in place, accidents/injuries can still occur within a workplace.

What do you have to do if someone sustains an injury at work?

Employers

Someone becomes injured or ill because of work



Step 1: Report the Incident



WHAT IS A NOTIFIABLE INCIDENT?
Incidents at a workplace which result in the consequences described below
(notifiable incidents) must be reported to WorkSafe.

If you are uncertain about whether an incident is notifiable under any of the
legislative provisions referred to below, contact WorkSafe on 132 360 to seek advice.

Incidents that result in death or serious injury
Notification is required where an incident at a workplace results in:
• death; or
• serious injury.

Serious injury is used in this context to describe those incidents that result in
the consequences described in section 37(1) of the Act. They include, but are not
limited to, incidents that result in a person requiring:
• medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance
• immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital
• immediate medical treatment for:
– amputation
– serious head injury
– serious eye injury
– separation of skin from underlying tissue (for example de-gloving or scalping)
– electric shock
– spinal injury
– loss of bodily function
– serious lacerations

Step 2: Fill out the Register of Injuries

Step 3: Make a claim




Step 4:  Start planning for return to work

When you know a worker is injured and can't perform their normal duties, it's important to start planning and provide them with return to work information.

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/return-to-work

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/helping-your-employee-return-work

If your injured worker has visited the doctor, the doctor may call you to talk about options to help them return to work as soon as safely possible.

Workers

Your worker should tell you if they want to make a WorkCover claim

They will need to fill out the worker's injury claim form and give it to you to complete the employer section. You need to acknowledge that you've received the claim form in writing – you can do this by completing the employer section of the worker's injury claim form and giving the worker a copy.



Before you make a claim:

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/you-make-workcover-claim

Certificate of capacity

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/get-certificate-capacity

Making a Claim

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/resources/workers-injury-claim-form


You should follow the same process if you receive a dependent's claim for compensation form.

If you don't ready have a Return to Work Coordinator, you're required to appoint one.

It's important to appoint someone that's empowered to speak on your behalf (or on behalf of the employer), make return to work related decisions and help you meet your return to work obligations.

After a claim has been submitted

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/what-happens-after-claim-form-submitted

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