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Workers Comp in SydenhamWhere to Start

Injured at work? Here’s exactly what to do next.

Rail work on the metro sits alongside the breweries, food producers and warehouses that fill the old factory stock around Sydenham. The claims process is identical across all of it, and it hinges on a doctor documenting the injury on a Certificate of Capacity. Our doctors handle picking and lifting injuries, brewery floor slips and production burns. Physiotherapy with our team is one of the things an accepted claim pays for.

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The first 3 steps

Workers Comp in Sydenham — How It Starts

1

See a WorkCover doctor

For HGV driver back injuries, forklift incidents, or loading-dock crush trauma, your first stop is a WorkCover-trained doctor.

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2

Get 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.

3

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 Sydenham

Workers comp claims in Sydenham most often come from the local logistics and manufacturing workforces, alongside the back, shoulder, and stress injuries common across every industry.

Sydenham is a small wedge of warehouses, brewers, and light industry between the railway and the airport flightpath, with most local workers in logistics, brewing and food production, and the Marrickville creative-industries scene. WorkCover claims around Sydenham skew toward back and shoulder injuries from warehouse picking, brewery floor slips, and the burns typical of small-scale food manufacturing. The metro construction has added rail-tradie claims.

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