WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 36 What is a serious injury or illness

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 36

    In this Part, serious injury or illness of a person means an injury or illness requiring the person to have:

  (a)   immediate treatment as an in - patient in a hospital; or

  (b)   immediate treatment for:

  (i)   the amputation of any part of his or her body; or

  (ii)   a serious head injury; or

  (iii)   a serious eye injury; or

  (iv)   a serious burn; or

  (v)   the separation of his or her skin from an underlying tissue (such as degloving or scalping); or

  (vi)   a spinal injury; or

  (vii)   the loss of a bodily function; or

  (viii)   serious lacerations; or

  (c)   medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance;

and includes any other injury or illness prescribed by the regulations but does not include an illness or injury of a prescribed kind.