What is an injury management system?
Injury management is “the management of workers’ injuries in a manner that is directed at enabling injured workers to return to work” (Section 5 of the legislation) . It is the responsibility of employers and injured workers to cooperate in this process, where it is medically supported. Under workers’ compensation law, you must establish an injury management system in your workplace. WorkCover WA has issued a Code of Practice (Injury Management) 2005 (the Code). The Code explains your legal responsibilities. An injury management system describes the steps you need to take when a workplace injury occurs. It allows you to commence injury management quickly and properly, so that injured workers can remain at work or return to work at the earliest appropriate time. Requirements for the establishment, content and implementation of an injury management system are set out in the Code. Where there is a requirement in the Code that an employer “has to” do something that relates to an injury man
