A workplace injury means an injury to a worker in respect of which compensation is, or may be, payable under the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998. See section 42.

An injury:

• means a personal injury arising out of, or in the course of, employment 
• includes:
  • a disease contracted by a worker in the course of employment, where the employment was a contributing factor to the disease
  • the aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of any disease, where the employment was a contributing factor to the aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration
• does not include (except in the case of a worker employed in, or about, a mine to which the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 applies):
  • a dust disease
  • the aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of a dust disease (see section 4).

For more information, see:

• How and when is an incident notification made?
• Section 42 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 for definition of workplace injury
• Section 4 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 for definition of injury
• If there is a work-related incident involving an injury or illness to a worker, who do I notify?