Workplace & Ergonomic Assessments · Workers Compensation (NSW)
Workplace & Ergonomic Assessments under NSW Workers Compensation
Under the NSW workers compensation scheme, a workplace and ergonomic assessment shows what safe, suitable work looks like for a worker injured on the job. We visit the workplace, weigh the physical demands of the role against the capacity certified by the nominated treating doctor, and set out the adjustments that let the worker recover at work. Nexus Rehab is a SIRA-approved workplace rehabilitation provider.
How it works under workers compensation
The NSW workers compensation scheme is regulated by SIRA and covers people injured at work. After an injury, the nominated treating doctor issues a certificate of capacity stating what the worker can and cannot safely do. A workplace and ergonomic assessment turns that certification into practical detail. Our consultant visits the workplace, observes the role as it is actually performed, and analyses the physical demands — lifting, carrying, posture, repetition and manual handling — along with the workstation and environment. We weigh those demands against the capacity certified by the nominated treating doctor, then recommend the adjustments that let the worker recover at work on suitable duties. Every service is pre-approved before it is delivered, so there are no surprise invoices, and the assessment supports the employer's obligation to provide suitable duties where it is reasonably practicable.
Who refers and who funds
A referral can come from the insurer, the case manager, the employer or the nominated treating doctor. It can also come from the worker: in NSW you have the right to nominate your own workplace rehabilitation provider, and you can name Nexus Rehab at any stage of the claim. The workers compensation insurer or scheme agent funds approved services — nothing out of pocket for the worker, because the insurer pays for approved services under the scheme. Before the assessment goes ahead, we confirm pre-approval with the insurer, so the funding and scope are settled first.
What the report gives you
You receive a written report for the insurer, the employer and the healthcare team. It sets out the physical demands of the role, the ergonomic risk we observed, and a suitable duties recommendation matched to the treating doctor's certificate of capacity. The recommendations are practical — changes to equipment, task, layout or work pattern — and framed around a safe return to the actual job, not a generic template. Because the assessment records method and observations clearly, it gives every party to the claim a defensible basis for the next return-to-work decision.