---
title: "Build an exposure and employer history for a dust claim"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-an-exposure-and-employer-history-for-a-dust-claim"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-DD20261023-2"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Build an exposure and employer history for a dust claim

> In a firm-controlled tool, build a table of each employer, the state of the workplace, the start and end month and year, the job, the dust type and whether exposure is recorded, with a document reference for every row…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-an-exposure-and-employer-history-for-a-dust-claim  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | In a firm-controlled tool, build a table of each employer, the state of the workplace, the start and end month and year, the job, the dust type and whether exposure is recorded, with a document reference for every row and no narrative. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer checks each row against the record and decides which employers to pursue. Remove any row that rests only on the client's account. This history is for eligibility and defendants. It is not the file chronology. Use a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9, APP 11 and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) apply. |
| Written for / versions | 3 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Trace relied-on content to the linked source and check for material the output has missed.

- What the AI does: In a firm-controlled tool, build a table of each employer, the state of the workplace, the start and end month and year, the job, the dust type and whether exposure is recorded, with a document reference for every row and no narrative.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer checks each row against the record and decides which employers to pursue. Remove any row that rests only on the client's account. This history is for eligibility and defendants. It is not the file chronology. Use a firm-controlled tool. ASCR r 9, APP 11 and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) apply.
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Practical workflow informed by the linked primary sources; the traffic light and working checks are editorial guidance, not a court classification.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much of the output the lawyer must independently re-derive.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Check each employer, date and state against the document cited.
2. Remove a row that has no document reference.
3. Confirm dust type and whether exposure occurred are taken from a record.
4. Confirm the table is not described as the file chronology or issues list.

## Notes

- These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
- Wage and health records stay in the firm tool. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Sources

- [icare: make an application to Dust Diseases Care](https://www.icare.nsw.gov.au/injured-or-ill-people/work-related-dust-disease/make-an-application) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [SIRA insurer guidance GN 10.1 Dust diseases](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation-claims-guide/insurer-guidance/other-nsw-wc-schemes/gn-10.1-dust-diseases) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkSafe Victoria: new silica-related diseases now proclaimed](https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/new-silica-related-diseases-now-proclaimed) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkCover Queensland: lump sum payments for latent onset injuries](https://www.workcoverqld.com.au/claims-and-payments/payments/lump-sum-payments-for-permanent-impairment/lump-sum-payments-for-latent-onset-injuries) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Authorities to trace a dust client's employment and the former employers' insurers](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/authorities-trace-dust-employment-insurers.md) | Letter | Yellow | Authorities the client signs so the firm can ask former employers, and the New South Wales, Victorian and Queensland compensation bodies, for employment history and the insurer or claim file. |
| [Letter to a former employer: employment history and the workers compensation insurer](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-former-employer-dust-history-insurer.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter asking a former employer for the client's dates, job, sites, dust products, and the workers compensation insurer or self-insurer for those years. |
| [Product identification letter for an asbestos or engineered-stone claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/product-identification-letter-asbestos-stone.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter asking an employer, occupier, supplier or manufacturer to identify an asbestos product or an engineered-stone benchtop, panel or slab from its records. |
| [Request to preserve employment, product and insurance records in a dust claim](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-preserve-dust-employment-product-records.md) | Letter | Yellow | A request that an employer, occupier, supplier or manufacturer keep employment, site, product and workers compensation insurance records while a dust claim is investigated. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [New South Wales](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-an-exposure-and-employer-history-for-a-dust-claim/new-south-wales.md) | Yellow |
| [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-an-exposure-and-employer-history-for-a-dust-claim/victoria.md) | Yellow |
| [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-an-exposure-and-employer-history-for-a-dust-claim/queensland.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*