| Occupation |
Injury Type |
Activity |
| Waiter |
back |
lifting large stage |
| Waiter |
strain |
manoeuvering large round wooden table tops |
| Waiter (work experience) |
strain |
slipped on wet, dirty tiled floor |
| Waiter / Functions Manager |
strain |
lifting plates, tables, chairs |
| Waitress |
strain - rsd |
slipped on a tomato while preparing a bagel |
| Waitress |
fracture |
slipped on wet concrete verandah while carrying drinks |
| Ward Assistant |
fractu |
slipped on grass near carpark |
| Ward Assistant |
back |
opening steriliser door |
| Warehouse Assistant |
fracture |
pushing trolleys - thumb jammed between handles |
| Warehouse Manager |
strain |
heavy lifting, with twisting |
| Warehouse Supervisor |
strain |
lifting and handling furniture |
| Warranty Clerk |
rsi |
writing on order repair book |
| Wash Man |
strain |
lifting bag of wet linen into washing machine |
| Watch Repairman |
stroke |
slipped on wet vinyl floor |
| Water Officer |
Strain |
Attempting to reposition metal grate in a water channel |
| Waterside Worker |
strain |
fell from an unstable gang plank of a container vessel |
| Waterside Worker |
disc damage |
struck by locking handle which released suddenly |
| Waterside Worker |
|
slipped on truck steps |
| Waterside Worker |
strain |
pulling a rope while mooring a ship |
| Waterside worker |
strain |
force encountered opening wrongly set shipping container |
| Welder |
abrasian |
welding up a steel rubbish bin - hit by crane |
| Welder |
torn ligaments |
engine block fell whilst being lifted |
| Welder |
back |
turning steel beam |
| Welder |
rsi |
hammering castings onto axles |
| Welder |
multiple |
struck by a heavy control box while welding under a crane |
| Welder |
strain |
rotating a steel beam with a lever |
| Welder |
strain |
lifting 44-gallon drum |
| Welder |
strain |
replacing heavy steel cutting block on press on tiptoe |
| Welder |
laceration |
angle grinder's safety guard loosened (fastened with unbrako bolt) |
| Welder |
strain |
repeated heavy lifting of metal parts |
| Welder |
strain |
lifting a heavy jig |
| Welder |
multiple |
wooden ladder slipped at storage shelves |
| Welder |
strain |
lifting heavy steel cabinets |
| Welder |
rupture |
fridge moved while he was on a ladder (fell) |
| Welder |
strain |
lifting heavy bullbar |
| Welder |
strain |
heavy component fell off during welding |
| Welder |
strain |
dragging concrete frame/lifting & press, BBQ plate |
| Welder |
strain |
stooped to lift one end of 50kg steel strip |
| Welder |
fractures |
fell off narrow platform |
| Welder |
multiple |
tripped and fell while building a trailer |
| Welder |
strain |
prolonged heavy exertion doing metals fabrication |
| Welder |
multiple |
struck by collapsing pile of pipes |
| Welder |
strain |
lunged to restrain heavy equipment from over-balancing |
| Welder |
multiple |
struck by tilting load on crane |
| Welder |
rotator cuff damaged |
welding batteries together |
| Welder |
chondromalacia patellae |
prolonged squatting to work |
| Welder |
RSI |
Fast, repetitive welding |
| Welder |
strain |
prolonged, repetitive assembly/welding |
| Welder |
strain |
lifting a metal tube through a confined space |
| Welder |
strain |
welding inside a confined space (boat prow) for long periods |
| Welder |
strain |
building sleeper cabins for trucks |
| Welder |
strain |
knocked shoulder on cross-member |
| Welder |
rsi |
pushing metal pins into a jug |
| Welder |
strain |
lifting heavy aluminium louvres |
| Welder |
strain |
forced to adopt an awkward posture while building a catamaran |
| Welder |
strain |
fell from a ladder - slippery iceworks |
| Welder |
strain |
repetitive bending/twisting while building car seats |
| Welder |
fracture |
Hit by car when he moved aside to avoid a falling sign |
| Welder |
strain |
prolonged welding in uncomfortable positions |
| Welder |
strain |
hammering a truck trailer chassis during manufacture |
| Welder |
strain |
repetitive cutting of metal pieces |
| Welder |
strain |
dragging steel beams with winch |
| Welder/Blacksmith |
back |
repairing/bending |
| Welder/Boilermaker |
fracture |
using a jack to straighten a container |
| Welder/Boilermaker |
strain |
rotating heavy metal frame |
| Welfare Worker |
|
information |
| Wharf Labourer |
multiple |
tripped on unlashed strap in cargo hold |
| Wharf Labourer |
multiple |
stepped into dark hole on deck, fell |
| Wharf/Dock Worker |
osteoarthritis |
prolonged pedal work in forklifts and loaders |
| Wharf/Dock Worker |
strain |
holding wire from ship |
| Wharf/Dock Worker |
strain |
driver thrown through window when prime mover stopped |
| Wharfie |
strain |
jerked forward by heavy mooring line |
| widow |
fatality |
crushed by falling crane |
| Winder |
rsi |
lifting and placing bobbins on winding machine |
| Winder |
rsi |
loading and removing the winding machine bobbins |
| Winder |
rsi |
loading bobbins onto a spindle |
| Window Cleaner |
strain |
ladder collapsed causing fall |
| Window Cleaner |
fall |
cleaning windows whilst on ladder |
| Windscreen Fitter |
back |
fitting windscreens |
| Wood machinist |
rsi |
repetitive stacking of timber, at speed |
| Wool Sampling Officer |
strain |
fell when a balehook tore out of a bale |
| Wool Scourer (trainee) |
strain |
lifting an entire wool bale from a "scour feed" table |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
continuous word proc |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
prolonged keyboard work |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
typing on an electronic typewriter |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
typing on a keyboard |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
typing on keyboard |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
typing on keyboard |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
typing, printing, collating, delivering docs. |
| Word Processing Operator |
rsi |
typing on keyboard |
