WorkCover and Workplace Injury Lawyer in Mooloolaba

About Our Mooloolaba Office

Viktoria Teed meets clients at Level 1, 100 Brisbane Road, Mooloolaba QLD 4557. It is a serviced office used by appointment only, so please call 1300 390 394 first to book a time that suits your treatment. Translink bus route 600, which runs between Caloundra and Maroochydore, stops along Brisbane Road. Drivers can use the council's PARKnGO Mooloolaba Central car park (corner of Smith Street and First Avenue), which has an entry from Brisbane Road and is open 24 hours.

You do not have to come in. We can meet by phone or video, and if your injury makes travel hard, Viktoria can visit you at home or in hospital.

Local Industries & Workplace Risks

Mooloolaba's Esplanade is a tourist strip with the SEA LIFE marine park, shops and restaurants. Its harbour is home to a large fishing fleet and two marinas.

Across the Sunshine Coast Council area, health care and social assistance is the largest employing industry (21.1% of local jobs in 2024/25), followed by construction (11.0%) and retail trade (9.5%). Accommodation and food services provided about 14,500 local jobs (8.0%), and the council reports that close to half of that workforce is aged 15 to 24.

• Hospitality and tourism along the Esplanade
• Commercial fishing and marina work
• Construction and civil works, including the Mooloolaba Foreshore Revitalisation Project
• Health, aged care and disability support

Common Workplace Injuries in Mooloolaba

• Lower back strain from lifting kegs, stock, linen or fishing gear (back injuries)
• Shoulder damage from overhead, repetitive work in kitchens, housekeeping and on deck (shoulder injuries)
• Knee injuries from slips on wet floors, pontoons and decks (knee injuries)
• Falls and crush injuries on building sites (construction injuries)
• Psychological injury after customer aggression, bullying or a traumatic event (psychological injury)

Work on boats needs a careful check: fishing crew paid wholly or mainly by a share of the vessel's gross earnings or profits are generally not ‘workers’ under Queensland law, and some seafarers come under a Commonwealth scheme instead. Visitors hurt in a fall at a shop or venue may have a public liability claim.

Local Medical & Legal Resources

• Sunshine Coast University Hospital, 6 Doherty Street, Birtinya: public hospital with an emergency department
• Buderim Private Hospital, 12 Elsa Wilson Drive, Buderim: private hospital with an emergency centre
• Maroochydore Magistrates Court, Cornmeal Parade, Maroochydore: some workers' compensation appeals go to an industrial magistrate, and those appeals are filed at a Magistrates Court
• Queensland Industrial Relations Commission: hears appeals against review decisions of the Workers' Compensation Regulator, other than those that go to an industrial magistrate
• WorkCover Queensland: the state's workers' compensation insurer; some employers are licensed self-insurers instead
• Workplace Health and Safety Queensland: works to improve work health and safety and reduce the risk of workers being injured on the job