The Facts about Mitchell’s Work Accident Case

Mitchell was a pick packer when due to a colleague having a stroke, he had to adjust his duties to repetitively bend, twist and lift manually items weighing from 1kg to 50kg whilst experiencing pressure to work quickly. Mitchell previously would be given a rotation of duties but due to no replacement being hired for his colleague, he was unable to rotate duties.

He developed back pain in March 2019 which developed into such serious pain that he attended his doctor in September 2019.

The claim process on Mitchell's Work Accident case

Notify your employer of your work-related injury

It is crucial to notify work of your work-related injury ASAP. The next formal step is to complete an Incident Report with your employer.

See a GP and obtain a Workers' Compensation Medical Certificate.

See a doctor so they can check your work-related injury and obtain a Workers’ Compensation Medical Certificate. If your employer sends you to their doctor, you may want to consider also going to see your own GP.

Lodge an application for WorkCover claim online

The doctor who sees you may lodge a workers compensation claim on your behalf. If this doesn’t happen, head to the WorkSafe website and lodge an online application for WorkCover claims.

Provide medical and compensation application to the employer.

After obtaining your Workers’ Compensation Medical Certificate and lodging your application for a WorkCover claim, WorkCover will send copies of these to your employer.

The outcome of Mitchell’s Work Accident case.

Settled for $225,000.

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