Reading Guide for Medical Practitioners - WorkCover Tasmania

INJURIES CONTRACTED BY GRADUAL PROCESSSection 78Gradual ProcessWhen an injury occurs gradually, compensation is payable by:• the employer who employed the worker when he/she was injured, if the injury wasdue to the nature of his/her employment with that employer; or• the employer who last employed the worker, where the type of work may havecaused the injury.Example:John is a council groundsperson who hasa progressively worsening knee complaint.He has been to see his medicalpractitioner and reported his condition tohis employer.The medical practitioner states his or heropinion that the injury is likely to haveoccurred from the nature of the worker’semployment and has been exacerbatedby continuous working conditions.Reading Guide for Medical Practitioners Version: 2, June 2010Page 19 of 27