---
title: "Test a Queensland heart attack or stroke under section 32"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-heart-attack-or-stroke-claim-against-the-employment-test/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-19-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Test a Queensland heart attack or stroke under section 32

> From the diagnosis and the work, using a firm-controlled tool, table section 32 and record that no separate heart-attack test was opened. Do not decide the claim.

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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 diagnosis and the work, using a firm-controlled tool, table section 32 and record that no separate heart-attack test was opened. Do not decide the claim. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide the claim under section 32 only. Do not apply a significantly-greater-risk test. No opened page states one. Do not describe sections 34 and 35. 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 | [Test a heart attack or stroke claim against the employment test](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-heart-attack-or-stroke-claim-against-the-employment-test.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

No Queensland page opened on this question states a heart-attack or stroke test of its own. Section 32(1) requires the injury to arise out of or in the course of employment and employment to be a significant contributing factor, subject to section 32(2). A disease uses section 32(3)(a). Death from that disease uses section 32(3)(e). Searches did not produce an official heart-attack page.

- What the AI does: From the diagnosis and the work, using a firm-controlled tool, table section 32 and record that no separate heart-attack test was opened. Do not decide the claim.
- 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. Say clearly that no separate heart test was found.
2. Apply significant contributing factor to the injury or the disease.
3. Do not describe sections 34 and 35.
4. Do not use another scheme's risk comparison.

## 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.
- The section was read on an AustLII consolidation. Confirm the in-force wording on the official legislation site before reliance. The death page's latent-onset examples are skin cancer and mesothelioma, not a heart attack.
- If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland, section 32, no separate heart-attack section opened

**Deliverable**: A section 32 note that records the missing special test.

**Inputs**

- Diagnosis
- What the worker was doing
- Other causes of the event

**Example**: Illustrative example: A worker has a heart attack at the workplace. The note says no Queensland heart-attack section was opened and sets out section 32(1). The lawyer decides significant contributing factor. The note does not say the event is covered because it happened at work.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The draft uses a significantly-greater-risk test.
- The draft explains section 34 or section 35.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [AustLII: Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 32](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s32.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkSafe Queensland: claiming when someone dies at work](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/work-related-injuries/claiming-when-someone-dies-at-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.*