Safety Matters - Rail, Tram and Bus Union of NSW

Summary of Frequently asked Workers
Compensation Questions
Medical or related treatment benefi ts
An injured worker is entitled to claim the cost of reasonably necessary treatment
that results from the injury including medication and treatment including physio
and surgery.
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Unions have also been successful in getting the government to include payments
for seriously injured workers to get access to domestic care when it is reasonably
necessary and directly results from the injury. It can include work such as
mowing lawns, house cleaning and child minding.
Where an accident results in damaged glasses or hearing aids etc. – these aids
can be repaired or replaced without the need for an injury to have occurred.
How to make a claim if you suffer a permanent injury
In addition to claiming for the loss of your income and also medical, hospital
and treatment expenses such as physiotherapy expenses, you may also be able to
make a claim if you have suffered a permanent injury, for example, if you have
an operation on your knee and you do not recover the full range of movement
then you may be entitled to make a claim for what is known as a permanent
impairment.
How do I know if I am eligible to make a claim?
If you have suffered an injury and the permanent impairment can be determined
quickly, such as loss of sight in one eye, or hearing loss or had a part of a
limb amputated then you are entitled to make application for a lump sum
immediately.
If you have a severe back or knee injury then these types of injury can take up
to 12 months to be determined.
This is on the basis that certain injuries taken this amount of time to stabilise
or settle down.
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