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If an employee, on a break, knocks a hot cup of tea or coffee off his table scalding him, is this considered "work related"? Some say it is because it occured on work premises, some say no because it was not while performing a work related task
Which way do we go?
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Assuming the table/chair is not broken which resulted in the employee/coffee losing balance or the coffee isn't dispensed at an abnormally high temperature then I can't see how this would be work related.
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Just to clarify, just because something happens at work, doesn't make it work related. It either has to be integral to the work, or the equipment that failed was maintained (or should have been) by the employer.
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Just to clarify, just because something happens at work, doesn't make it work related. It either has to be integral to the work, or the equipment that failed was maintained (or should have been) by the employer.
I think in the same way, but some situations differ from the basic example.
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I think that the key words here are 'on a break'. Technically, therefore, that employee was not engaged in their normal work, so how can what happened be as a result of their work and thus 'work related'?
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Hi David,
What did your preliminary investigation establish?
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