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A workplace is any location where employees or self-employed persons work, Worksafe make it clear there is no exception by stating, in service industries a workplace is anywhere the service is provided.
WHAT ARE WORKSAFE NOTIFIABLE INCIDENTS?
Notification is required where an incident at a workplace results in:
- death; or
- serious injury.
Worksafe notifiable incidents are incidents which result in a person requiring:
- immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital
- medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance
- immediate medical treatment for:
- serious lacerations
- amputation
- serious eye injury
- spinal injury
- separation of skin from underlying tissue (for example de-gloving or scalping)
- electric shock
- serious head injury
- loss of bodily function
Define medical treatment?
Treatment required immediately after an incident is deemed ‘immediate medical treatment’.
medical treatment is defined as:
- an operation
- the administration of a drug or other like substance or
- any other medical procedure
(Medical treatment does not include diagnostic procedures)
Notifiable injuries explained what are/is:
serious lacerations?
- deep cut or cuts and/or extensive cuts,
- tears or wounds to tissue or flash on the body.
These injuries may include stitching to prevent loss of blood and/or other treatment to prevent loss of bodily function and/or infection.
serious head injury?
- A penetrating injury to head/ skull
- fractures of the skull
- scalping
- loss of consciousness caused by a blow to the head or
- a chemical/ heat burn to the skull.
loss of bodily function?
- loss of movement of a limb
- a loss of the sense of smell loss of consciousness
- taste
- sight
- or hearing or loss of function of an internal organ.
serious eye injury?
- a penetrating injury to an eye; or
- loss of sight of an eye
- a chemical or hot metal burn to the eye.
What is a spinal injury?
- a fracture of the spine with or without any limb weakness or paralysis.
(Muscular injuries are not considered spinal injuries)
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