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Workers Comp in Burwood Heights — Where to Start
Injured at work? Here’s exactly what to do next.
Shop work on Burwood Road, kitchen shifts and the scaffolding on the apartment builds are behind most Burwood Heights claims. If you were hurt on any of them, a doctor examines you and completes the Certificate of Capacity that your employer lodges. Treatment is covered when the insurer accepts your claim. Lifting and fall injuries go to our physios, and the certificate work to our doctors.
Workers Comp Help in Burwood Heights
Workers Comp in Burwood Heights — How It Starts
See a WorkCover doctor
For kitchen burns, slip injuries, lifting strain, or repetitive-strain wrist issues, your first stop is a WorkCover-trained doctor.
Book a WorkCover doctor in Burwood HeightsGet your Certificate of Capacity
Your doctor issues this on the first visit. It’s the legal document that proves you have a work injury and tells the insurer how much you can work and what treatment you need. No paperwork on your end — the doctor handles it.
Notify your employer
You’re legally required to tell your employer about a work injury — a text or email is enough. Once they get your Certificate of Capacity, they pass it to their workers comp insurer. The claim opens, and wages and treatment get covered from that point.
Common workers comp claims in Burwood Heights
Workers comp claims in Burwood Heights most often come from the local retail and hospitality workforces, alongside the back, shoulder, and stress injuries common across every industry.
Burwood Heights sits between the Burwood retail core and Croydon, with locals working in retail along Burwood Road, professional services, and the trades servicing the apartment-build pipeline. Workers compensation claims around Burwood Heights typically involve retail lifting injuries, hospitality kitchen burns, and the falls from height that come with the dense scaffolding work. A Korean and Chinese small-business community also features prominently.
Workers Comp Services in Burwood Heights
Step 1
WorkCover Doctor in Burwood Heights
Your starting point. Initial assessment, Certificate of Capacity, treatment plan, claim management.
See a WorkCover doctor in Burwood HeightsTreatment
WorkCover Physio in Burwood Heights
Hands-on rehab for soft-tissue, back, neck, shoulder, knee. Fully covered under the scheme.
See a WorkCover physio in Burwood HeightsTreatment
WorkCover Psychologist in Burwood Heights
For workplace stress, bullying, PTSD, depression and anxiety related to your job.
See a WorkCover psychologist in Burwood HeightsSpecialist
Orthopaedic Surgeon in Burwood Heights
Specialist surgical opinions when your injury needs one — shoulder, knee, wrist, hip, ankle. No gap fee for approved treatment.
See a WorkCover orthopaedic surgeon in Burwood HeightsReturn to work
Rehabilitation Provider in Burwood Heights
Return-to-work coordination, workplace assessments, suitable duties planning. We work for you, not the insurer.
Find a rehabilitation provider in Burwood HeightsIf contested
Compensation Lawyer in Burwood Heights
If your claim is denied, payments stopped, or you have permanent impairment, get a lawyer involved.
Talk to a compensation lawyer in Burwood HeightsDifferent scheme
CTP Claim (Motor) in Burwood Heights
Different scheme: motor vehicle accident injuries. Lodge through your insurer's CTP fund, not WorkCover.
Start a CTP claim in Burwood HeightsWorkers Comp Basics
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