Canterbury Earthquake

Injury Management earthquake pack

If you have an employee that has been injured as a result of the 22 February Canterbury earthquake, the ACC Employer Injury Management team can assist in helping them return to work as soon as possible.

How we can help

The ACC Employer Injury Management team can help if you:

  • have employees based in Christchurch or nearby towns
  • have employees unable to work due to an injury as a result of the earthquake
  • want to know how ACC can help you to support your injured employee to return to work
  • have any other ACC related questions

Resources and information

The following information and fact sheets can be downloaded and used as a part of your plan to help your injured employee get back to work:

ACC5826 - injury management support for employers (PDF 269K)

ACC5825 - Return to work – key principles fact sheet (PDF 255K)

ACC5824 - Workplace injury management process (PDF 237K)

ACC5827 - Injury management self-assessment (PDF 371K)

Related information

The following information might also be useful to you and your employees.

Christchurch earthquake assistance

How do I make a claim?

Managing employee injuries

Contact us

If you have questions that aren’t answered by the information on this page, please phone us on 0800 101 996 and ask to speak to an Injury Management Consultant.

You can also email us at returntowork@acc.co.nz. Please include your contact details and question and an Injury Management Consultant will contact you as soon as possible.