We commonly face the question: What is considered a worker’s compensation injury and how do we prevent them?
At Employ Health, we use our industry & site specific knowledge to provide treatment to those under the Worker’s Compensation scheme while investigating the root cause behind the injury to prevent future occurrences & ensure a safe & sustainable return to work.
What Does Workers Compensation Physiotherapy Involve?
Workers Compensation Physiotherapy involves rehabilitating a worker following a work related injury with the aim of aiding a worker with a safe return to their pre-injury status. Worker’s Compensation Physiotherapy includes:
- A key focus on improving functional capacity
- Job specific conditioning to allow a graded return to pre-injury duties
- Liaison with key injury care stakeholders & reporting
- Task specific manual handling training
What Is Considered A Workers Compensation Injury?
Various conditions & mechanisms can lead to a Worker’s Compensation Injury. Worker capacity, job demands and workplace accidents are just a few of the causes. Worker’s compensation Injuries that Employ Health commonly treat within the workplace include:
Back & neck strains
Shoulder sprains & strains
Inflammatory joint conditions
Carpal tunnel and other radicular conditions
Workplace Injury Management & Workers Compensation
Specific Injury Management
Rather than adopt a one-size-fits-all-injury approach, Employ Health is situated on-site and we utilize our Job Hub to strengthen workers towards the functional outcomes of their specific role.
Injury Management Efficiency
Employ Health works directly with Return-To-Work Coordinators on site to enact live changes to capacity and empower workers through on-the-floor warm up routines & manual handling advice.
Immediate updates
Tired of waiting for an update report? Frustrated with delays in co-ordinating expensive site assessments? Employ Health’s Data Management Platform provides real time updates on injury progress & task assessments.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are various scenarios & conditions that do not constitute a claimable worker’s compensation injury and these reasons can change depending on state legislation. Some non-claimable injuries can include (but are not limited to):
- Injuries sustained outside of working hours (i.e. Rolling ankle during weekend football)
- An incident that arose while traveling to & from work
- Injuries suffered when an employee’s conduct violates company policy
- Injuries suffered while a worker was committing a serious crime
- Injuries suffered while an employee is intoxicated or using illegal drugs
- Injuries that can be treated with basic first aid, such as cuts or scrapes
- Willful attempt to injure oneself or another
In New Zealand, 40% of claims were for traumatic joint/ligament and muscle/tendon injury, followed by wounds, lacerations, amputations and internal organ damage (16%) and musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases (14%). Injuries to the back, neck, shoulder, wrist & elbow are the most commonly reported musculoskeletal injuries.
Appointments are booked directly through the work site. Workers (Or RTW Coordinators) are required to provide their most recent Certificate of Capacity before booking & attending their first visit. Any correspondence with medical providers & case managers should also be provided before the first visit.