WORK-RELATED INJURY OR ILLNESS |
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Fracture | | |
| Breaking of a bone, cartilage, etc. | | |
Chronic joint or muscle condition | | |
| Arthritis | | |
| Disorders of the joints | | |
| Disorders of the spinal vertebrae and invertebral discs | | |
| Disorders of muscle, tendons and other soft tissues (e.g. Occupational Overuse Syndrome and Repetitive Strain Injury if this is the only description given) | | |
| Acquired musculoskeletal deformities (e.g. flat feet, mallet finger, hammer toe) | | |
Sprain/strain | | |
| Sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles | | |
| Acute trauma sprains and strains | | |
| Sprains and strains of cartilage | | |
| Dislocations | | |
Cut/open wound | | |
| Open wound not involving traumatic amputation (e.g. broken tooth, cuts, punctures, dog bites, tearing away of fingernail, serious wounds containing glass, metal or other foreign body) | | |
Crushing injury/internal organ damage | | |
| Internal injury of chest abdomen and pelvis | | |
| Injury with intact skin surface and crushing injury (e.g. bruises, haematomas) | | |
Superficial injury | | |
| Covers minor injuries such as needle stick puncture, abrasions, grazes, friction burns or blisters, scratch injury from a foreign body in eye, or splinter or other foreign body in places other than eye | | |
Stress or other mental condition | | |
| Stress | | |
| Anxiety | | |
| Depression | | |
| Nervous breakdown | | |
| Effects of witnessing traumatic events | | |
| Effects of involvement in a hold-up | | |
| Victim of harassment | | |
| Hyperventilation (hysterical, psychogenic) | | |
| Hysterical symptoms | | |
| Phobias | | |
| Obsessional and compulsive symptoms | | |
| Short-term shock | | |
Amputation | | |
| Traumatic amputation including loss of eyeball | | |
Other | | |
| Responses that could not be included into one of the categories above such as asthma, burns, cancer, concussion or heart attack | | |
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HOW WORK-RELATED INJURY OR ILLNESS OCCURRED
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Lifting, pushing, pulling, bending | | |
| Muscular stress while lifting, carrying or putting down objects | | |
| | Single or multiple events | | |
| | Lifting or carrying resulting in stress fractures | | |
| | Repetitive movement, high muscle loading | | |
| Muscular stress while handling objects | | |
| | Single or multiple events | | |
| | Pushing or pulling objects | | |
| | Throwing or pressing objects | | |
| | Stress fractures from handling objects | | |
| | Continually shovelling | | |
| | Climbing ladders causing upper and lower limb injuries | | |
| Muscular stress with no objects being handled | | |
| | Bending down, reaching, turning and twisting movements where no objects are being handled | | |
| | Stress fractures without objects being handled (e.g. from running) | | |
| | Continually twisting neck with no object being handled | | |
Repetitive movement with low muscle loading | | |
| Occupational overuse and repetitive movement occurrences | | |
Prolonged standing, working in cramped or unchanging positions | | |
| Working in cramped or unchanging positions | | |
| Prolonged standing causing varicose veins | | |
Vehicle accident | | |
| Any accident or incident on a private road, farm, mine site or footpath involving a vehicle where the most serious injury is sustained as a result of that accident or injury | | |
| A vehicle catching on fire after the accident | | |
| Any accident or incident in a factory, mine or car park involving a fall from a moving vehicle | | |
Hitting, being hit or cut by object or vehicle | | |
| Hitting stationary objects or moving objects (e.g. cutting oneself while using a knife or other tool) | | |
| Rubbing and chafing from wearing footwear or clothes, using tools or handling objects | | |
| Being hit by falling objects | | |
| Being bitten by an animal | | |
| Being bitten by a snake | | |
| Being trapped by moving machinery or equipment or between stationary and moving objects | | |
| Exposure to mechanical vibration (e.g. from chain saws) | | |
| Being assaulted by a person or persons | | |
Fall on same level | | |
| All slips, trips, stumbles, steps and jumps, even if a fall does not follow | | |
| Falls of short distances such as off a curb or into a gutter | | |
| Falls up stairs | | |
| Fall with no further description | | |
Fall from a height | | |
| A fall from ground level to below ground level | | |
| Landing awkwardly after a jump from a height | | |
| Falling off an animal | | |
| A fall down stairs etc. | | |
Exposure to mental stress | | |
| Exposure to a traumatic event | | |
| Exposure to workplace or occupational violence (e.g. victim of assault or threatened assault by a person or persons, being a victim of or witnessing hold-ups etc.) | | |
| Being a victim of sexual, racial, or other verbal harassment | | |
| Work pressure (e.g. mental stress arising from work responsibilities, conflict with peers, performance counselling) | | |
| Attempted suicide | | |
| Other mental stress factors | | |
Long term exposure to sound | | |
| Long term exposure to workshop or factory noise, sharp sudden sounds, or low frequency (subsonic pressure) sounds | | |
Contact with a chemical or substance | | |
| Single contact with chemical or substance | | |
| | Immediate allergic reactions to a substance | | |
| | Splash with acid | | |
| | Caustic or corrosive substances in the eyes | | |
| | Contact dermatitis | | |
| | Swallowing chemical substances | | |
| | Exposure to smoke from a bush fire, chemical fire etc. | | |
| Long term contact with chemicals or substances | | |
| | Acquired allergic reactions | | |
| | Slow poisoning, as with lead or other heavy metals | | |
| | Long term inhalation of dust or fibres, as with asbestos fibres | | |
| | Exposure to cigarette smoke | | |
| | Insect and spider bites and stings | | |
| | Contact with poisonous parts of plant or marine life (e.g. blue ringed octopus, bluebottles, stone fish etc.) | | |
| | Other and unspecified contact with chemical or substance | | |
Other | | |
| Those responses that could not be included into one of the categories above such as contact with hot food/drink/beverages, exposure to extreme weather, jumping on objects, struck by lightening or sunburn | | |
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