---
title: "Check a Queensland recess injury against the break page"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-an-injury-during-an-authorised-break-is-covered/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-17-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Check a Queensland recess injury against the break page

> From the break and the activity, using a firm-controlled tool, table the WorkCover recess sentence and the abnormal-risk limit. Do not invent a section, and do not decide cover.

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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 | From the break and the activity, using a firm-controlled tool, table the WorkCover recess sentence and the abnormal-risk limit. Do not invent a section, and do not decide cover. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether the break injury is covered on the WorkCover page. Treat an abnormal risk as the limit that page states. Do not give the rule a section number. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Check whether an injury during an authorised break is covered](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-an-injury-during-an-authorised-break-is-covered.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

WorkCover says a worker injured while temporarily away on a break, such as lunch, may be covered, and is not covered if the activity involved an abnormal risk. No section is stated. The WorkSafe travelling page does not contain a recess rule. Section 32(2)'s reference to sections 34 and 35 was not followed. Those sections are not described as the recess rule.

- What the AI does: From the break and the activity, using a firm-controlled tool, table the WorkCover recess sentence and the abnormal-risk limit. Do not invent a section, and do not decide cover.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides the legal question, checks the sources, and authorises anything the family or the insurer will receive.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in statutory workers compensation
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Record that the worker was temporarily away on a break, and what the activity was.
2. Do not call the risk abnormal in the draft. Set out the activity.
3. Do not import an attendance-that-day formula the Queensland page does not state.
4. Keep journey facts on the journey task.

## Notes

- No generative-AI practice note of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission or the Industrial Court was opened. Apply the forum's current direction before a document is lodged.
- Sections 34 and 35 were not opened.
- If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland, WorkCover page on injuries away from the usual workplace

**Deliverable**: A recess note limited to the sentence the page states.

**Inputs**

- Where the worker was
- Whether it was a break from work
- The activity at the time of injury

**Example**: Illustrative example: A worker is injured playing a contact game during a lunch break away from the site. The note records a break and the activity, and the page's abnormal-risk sentence. The lawyer decides whether the activity was that risk.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The facts do not show a break from work.
- The draft cites a Queensland recess section.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [WorkCover Queensland: injuries away from the usual workplace](https://www.workcoverqld.com.au/claims-and-payments/claims/injuries-we-cover/injuries-away-from-your-usual-workplace) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkSafe Queensland: injury travelling to, from or for work](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/work-related-injuries/injury-travelling-to-from-or-for-work) (checked 2026-10-23)

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