Accessibility features

Where there is no equivalent experience for a blind or visually-impaired user, we offer information in an alternative format such as braille, audio, CD, e-text and large print.

If you require any information from our website in braille, audio, e-text or large print please call WorkCover and we will do our best to meet your request.

WorkCover: 13 18 55, or TTY: (08) 8233 2574 (deaf or have hearing/speech impairment)

Below is information that is currently available in alternative formats:
Employers Guide - Helping injured workers return to work (rich text file) [141 KB]
Employers Guide - Registering with WorkCover (rich text file) [25 KB]
Employers Guide - Welcome to WorkCoverSA (rich text file) [76 KB]
Disability Action Plan 2008-2011 (rich text file) [73.01 KB]
Injured worker - Injured at work (rich text file) [150 KB]
Injured worker - The road to recovery (rich text file) [100 KB]
WorkCover Scheme changes guide 2009 (rich text file) [71.71 KB]

Accessibility and alternative features

To ensure we cater to a broad range of web users needs we have design elements that are:

• visually appealing
• consistent, simple and meaningful
• create code that supports assistive technologies (including screen readers and switch technology) are used by visually or motor impaired people to navigate websites.

This web site (www.workcover.com) has been designed to meet level A and in some cases Level AA Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG) for web accessibility as determined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Please note: Secure site applications do not meet the WCAG guidelines.

People with a disability

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows 3.6 million Australians have some kind of disability affecting their vision, hearing, movement or cognition. To ensure we cater to a broad range of user needs we selected design elements that are:

• visually appealing
• consistent, simple and meaningful
• create code that supports assistive technologies.

Slow connection speeds

We have designed pages to cater to:

• people who view the web with images switched off (such as many rural or remote users)
• people who prefer not to download plug-ins (such as flash player)
• people who experience slower than average connection speeds (such as rural and remote users or people using older modems).

Language interpreting and translations

WorkCoverSA offers translations of information on workers rehabilitation and compensation in over 22 community languages. See our languages section. We can also arrange interpreters at no cost to you.