Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 36

36 What is a serious injury or illness

In this part,
"serious injury or illness" of a person means an injury or illness requiring the person to have—

(a) immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital; or

(b) immediate treatment for—

(i) the amputation of any part of his or her body; or

(ii) a serious head injury; or

(iii) a serious eye injury; or

(iv) a serious burn; or

(v) the separation of his or her skin from an underlying tissue (for example, degloving or scalping); or

(vi) a spinal injury; or

(vii) the loss of a bodily function; or

(viii) serious lacerations; or

(c) medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance;