WorkCover is a government-run workers’ compensation scheme that provides benefits and support to workers who are injured or become ill as a result of their work.

Who is eligible to make a WorkCover claim?

Any employee in NSW who suffers a work-related injury or illness may be eligible to claim.

What benefits can I receive under WorkCover?

You may receive wage support, medical care, rehabilitation, and lump sum payments for permanent impairment.

Are WorkCover benefits limited or capped?

Yes, benefits are capped and depend on your earnings, injury type, and level of impairment.

How is compensation calculated?

Compensation is based on your pre-injury income, medical assessments, and work capacity.

Can I claim lump sum compensation?

Only workers with a permanent impairment above a set threshold may claim this compensation.

Will I receive weekly payments while I’m unable to work?

Yes, weekly payments cover a percentage of the income you lose while unable to work.

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Workers Comp in Yarramundi — Where to Start

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

One pattern repeats across Yarramundi: a sheet metal worker on a fabrication floor finishes a shift with deep lacerations or hearing damage from years on noisy machinery and needs to know where to start. There is one job to do first: a Certificate of Capacity from a doctor who recognises the form on sight. For a workers compensation claim, the first record is half the work.

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The first 3 steps

Workers Comp in Yarramundi — How It Starts

See a WorkCover doctor

If you're a tradie with a back strain, a fall on-site, or a crush injury from machinery, the first move is a WorkCover-trained doctor.

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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.

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 Yarramundi

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

Yarramundi sits on the Hawkesbury floodplain between Grose Vale and Agnes Banks, with the working population in turf farming, equine, agriculture and the construction trades servicing the surrounding acreage. WorkCover claims here often involve horse-kick and livestock crush injuries, harvester rollovers, vineyard pruning shoulder strain, plus the chainsaw lacerations and trench-edge falls that come with small-scale civil contracting across the river-flat country.

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