The Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 as amended (Act no. 130 of 1993) applies to all employers; and casual and full-time workers who, as a result of a workplace accident or work-related disease: (1) are injured, disabled or killed, or (2) have become ill.

Mark has 12 years experience in assisting employees with their injury on duty claims against Workman’s Compensation. These type of claims consists of (1) physical injury claims where employees experience impairment/loss of function as a result of bodily injury, as well as (2) occupational illness/injury claims such as an exposure history to different materials/substances or by contracting Tuberculosis or Asthma in the workplace or a post traumatic stress disorder illness where employees were diagnosed with this mental disorder following exposure to an extreme, traumatic event or stressor as defined by the Act. An occupational injury is an injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course and scope of an employee’s employment and resulting in a personal injury requiring medical aid or resulting in disability or even death.