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CurrentMeaning of event
Chapter 1Preliminary
Part 4Basic concepts
Division 6Injuries, impairment and terminal condition
Subdivision 1Event resulting in injury
31 Meaning of event
(1)
An event is anything that results in injury, including a latent onset injury, to a worker.
(2)
An event includes continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same conditions that results in an injury to a worker.
(3)
A worker may sustain 1 or multiple injuries as a result of an event whether the injury happens or injuries happen immediately or over a period.
(4)
If multiple injuries result from an event, they are taken to have happened in 1 event.
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