New South Wales 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 (such as 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,