Work Related Injury Claims
Jan Magee made this Official Information request to Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Jan Magee
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
Please provide statistical information pertaining to the number of covered work related claims for lumbar spine injuries in heavy truck drivers over the last ten years
Under S16(2) of the OIA my preferred way of receiving a response is by email to the address from which ACC received the original request, not by post
Yours faithfully,
Jan Magee
From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora Jan,
Thank you for your request of 1 November 2019, asking for "statistical
information pertaining to the number of covered work related claims for
lumbar spine injuries in heavy truck drivers over the last ten years". We
have approached our Analytics and Reporting team to see if we can extract
information to answer your question.
It is likely that we will be unable to reliably gather data for injuries
involving 'heavy truck drivers', as this detail is something ACC would not
routinely record when lodging a claim. The information asked for in our
ACC45 claim form, filled out when lodging a claim, contains a blank text
field where a claimant can record their occupation. This field is not
mandatory to complete and not every claimant does so. We can perform a
'free-text' search with key words, such as 'truck', for fields where text
is entered freely.
In light of the points I have covered above, would you like us to proceed
with your request as we are able, or perhaps there is some clarification
of this request that might help us provide you with what you are after,
such as data on "truck drivers".
Ngâ mihi,
Emma Coats
OIA Services, ACC
Tel. 0800 101 996
ACC / OIA Services 2385 / Justice Centre - Level 7
PO Box 242 / Wellington 6011 / New Zealand / [1]www.acc.co.nz
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From: Jan Magee
Dear Government Services,
Hi Emma, I am seeking covered WRGPI claims for lumbar spine injuries to heavy truck drivers - I hope this clarifies my request :)
Yours sincerely,
Jan Magee
From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Hi Jan, we have confirmed with our Analytics team that the closest
category we can get to heavy truck driver is levy classification CU 61100
road freight transport. Can you advise if you would like data on this
category? If so we will get this underway.
regards
OIA Services
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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation
Kia ora Jan
Please find attached our response to your official information request
dated 01 November 2019. If you have any questions about the response you
can contact us at this [1]address, for all other matters please use our
contact form at: [2]https://www.acc.co.nz/contact/ alternatively give us a
call on 0800 101 996.
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Ngâ mihi
Sasha Wood, Acting Manager OIA Services, ACC
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