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A discussion about Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management

Safe Work Month 2015

How are we tracking?

Employer Obligations

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Maintain insurance for all our workers

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Lodge claims with our insurer within 5 days

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Commence and continue payments as instructed by our insurer

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Implement an Injury Management System

How are we tracking?

Employer Obligations

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Identify and provide restricted duties

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Prepare and implement Return to Work Programs

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Keep the workers’ position open for 12 months

How are injured workers tracking?

Injury Statistics 2014/15

Total number of workers’ compensation claims lodged Total number of lost‐time claims (absence from work for at least one day/shift) Average claim cost for lost‐time claims

32,818 17,352 $39,676 66 days

Average time injured workers spent away from work

Benefits of workplace injury management

• Wherever medically appropriate,

injured workers should return to work in some capacity as early as possible

• Working and being at work are

beneficial to physical and mental health

• Work provides physical, emotional

and vocational benefits to workers

• For employers a successful return to

work by injured workers minimises disruption in the workplace and contains workers compensation costs

If a worker is away from work due to work related injury for:

20 days the likelihood of return to work is 70% 45 days the likelihood of return to work is 50% 70 days the likelihood of return to work is 35%

Source

Johnson D & Fry T 2002, Factors Affecting Return to Work after Injury: A study for the Victorian WorkCover Authority. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

Further information

• Website: www.workcover.wa.gov.au
• Twitter: @WorkCoverWA
• Advice and Assistance:

1300 794 744

• Publications available on website
• WorkCover WA runs free 1 hour

seminars for employer groups of 20 people or more.