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Workers’ Compensation is the area of legal practice that is concerned with a form of insurance providing payments to employees injured during the course of their employment. It is an insurance policy that is compulsory for most employers.
Workers’ compensation provide following four set of benefits to the claimant employee:
- Weekly wages while they are unfit for work
- Medical expenses including all the medical charges and rehabilitation costs
- Permanent disability/impairment benefits, based on the disability
- Death benefits for family and dependents in an event of work related death
Legal practitioners who act in the area of workers’ compensation will generally specialise and;
- act for employees who allege they suffered injury/harm
OR
- act for the employers that the alleged injured employee worked under
At the bottom of this profile are brief details of a number of the experts that Expert Experts represents. Call our office to discuss your requirements and to obtain a recommendation that suits your needs and budget.
What Expert EvidenceExpert witnesses are often required to provide opinions, reports and testimony in connecting with workers’ compensation insurance claims.
As a lot of the compensation claims have a varied area of work, so do the types of experts sought. The experts generally have extensive experience in the area of the claim.
Some of the reasons from which the compensation claims can arise from are:
- Excessive physical stress
- Slips, trips and falls
- Machinery accidents
- Psychological injuries including bullying and harassment
Sample Reports
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CostThe overall cost of expert opinion depends on the services required. Some of the key factors that affect the cost of advice include:
- The need for a view or inspection of a location
- The quantity of documentary material to be reviewed
- Whether there are reports of other experts to be reviewed and commented on in detail
- Whether there is a need for conferences with the expert either in person or by telephone/Skype
- Ergonomics – Pendulum testing
- Work health safety - Asbestos and dust diseases
- Medical - Physical capacity for work
- Ergonomics - Loading / unloading trucks, transport, freight
- Psychology - General
- Medical - Occupational medicine
- Work health safety - HAZMAT, chemicals, dangerous goods
- Work Health & Safety – Places of public entertainment
- Ergonomics - General
- Professions - Teaching
- Building - Dust diseases, asbestos, dangerous goods
- Science - Mosquito-borne infections
- Ergonomics - Computer based workstations
- Employment - Earning Capacity Assessments
- Science - Photograph / image analysis
- Sport - Self defence
- Ergonomics - Overuse syndrome / Repetitive strain
- Sport - General
- Engineering – Building Construction Accidents
- Ergonomics – Retail (whitegoods, furniture, carpet, floorcoverings)
- Ergonomics - Work health and safety
- Ergonomics – Attendant and domestic care services
- Work health safety - Workplace bullying
- Animals - Animal behaviour
- Trades - Boilermaking
- Animals - Clinical ethology
- Ergonomics - Musculoskeletal disorders
- Work health safety - Manufacturing
- Medical - Pain Medicine
- Engineering - Polymers (plastics)
- Work health safety - Childcare, schools, education facilities
- Animals - General
- Sport - Acrobatics
- Medical - Respiratory
- Work health safety - Pharmaceutical
- Work Health & Safety – Carpentry, cabinet making, timber work
- Medical - Hospital acquired infections
- Work health safety - Licensed premises and gaming
- Engineering - Electrical shocks/burns (personal Injury)
- Medical - Disinfection/sterilisation
- Employment - Labour market assessments and investigations
- Psychology - Clinical
- Work health safety - Construction
- Work health safety - Mine / quarry investigations
- Sport - Golf
- Work Health and Safety - Cleaning
- Work Health & Safety – Taxi, hire cars, ride sharing, limousines
- Work Health and Safety - Automotive repairs (cars, trucks, motorbikes, machinery)
- Engineering - Scaffolding
- Engineering - Waste and recycling
- Ergonomics - Lifting and exertion
- Work health safety - Psychological injury
- Medical - Immunology
- Animals - Horses
- Work Health & Safety – Animal control
- Medical - Urology
- Psychology - Psychological capacity for work
- Science - Food-borne infections
- Ergonomics - Ladders and elevated work platforms (EWP)
- Medical - Mycology
- Building - Demolition
- Building - Carpet
- Medical - Industrial treatment and training
- Ergonomics - Safety science
- Employment - Vocational assessment
- Trades - Motor vehicle repair
- Ergonomics - Manufacturing
- Ergonomics – Retail (public areas of shops, shopping centres, malls)
- Engineering - Building and construction
- Sport - Snow skiing / alpine sports and recreation
- Medical - Radiology
- Ergonomics - Biomechanical assessment
- Engineering - Marine
- Medical - Nephrology
- Engineering - Ceramic
- Engineering - Plant construction
- Ergonomics - Sports injuries
- Health - Physiotherapy
- Sport - Judo
- Sport - Motor racing
- Government - Local
- Medical - Orthopaedic (Knees)
- Engineering - Truck accidents
- Building - Roof structures / trusses
- Work Health & Safety – Metal Fabrication
- Work health safety - Security
- Work health safety - Nursing
- Work Health & Safety – Meat Processing, Abattoir, Slaughterhouse, Beef, Fish, Pork
- Trades - Electrical
- Work Health and Safety – Trees (monitoring, maintenance, lopping)
- Medical - Addiction
- Health - Occupational therapy
- Engineering - Bicycle, motorbike, quad bike accidents
- Ergonomics - WHS standards
- Work health safety - Residential group homes (youth)
- Sport - Roping / climbing
- Engineering - Elevating work platforms (EWP)
- Medical - Sports
- Science - Environmental microbiology
- Engineering - Cranes
- Medical - General surgery
- Ergonomics - Eye protection
- Engineering - Ladders
- Medical - Dentistry
- Psychology - Forensic
- Engineering - Aerospace
- Engineering - Mines / mining
- Engineering - Automotive
- Medical negligence - Ophthalmology
- Work health safety - Police, prisons, corrective services
- Medical - Virology
- Science - Geology
- Engineering - Control systems
- Medical - Neurology
- Medical - Orthopaedic surgery
- Building - Construction standards
- Health - Nursing
- Science - CCTV / surveillance
- Engineering - Vehicle fires
- Medical - General practice
- Medical - Hepatic
- Building - Waterproofing
- Engineering - Mechanical
- Medical - Plastic surgery
- Engineering - Stormwater construction
- Engineering - Air conditioning
- Medical - Rehabilitation
- Engineering - Forklifts
- Engineering - Coastal / ocean
- Engineering - Gas supply, construction
- Medical - Burns and scars
- Engineering - Civil and structural
- Engineering - Electrical
- Trades - Gas installation and supply
- Engineering - Chemical
- Ergonomics - Manual handling
- Work health safety - Workplace risks
- Ergonomics - Noise and hearing
- Engineering - Mechatronics
- Ergonomics - Toxic substances, smoke, fumes, gases and dangerous goods
- Medical - Psychiatry
- Medical - Emergency
- Work health safety - Alcohol / drugs
- Business - Dangerous goods, restricted products
- Medical - Intoxication
- Medical - Toxicology
- Education - Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
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