WorkCover & Workplace Injury Lawyer in Toowoomba

About Our Toowoomba Office

Viktoria Teed meets clients by appointment at 123 Margaret Street, Toowoomba City QLD 4350, a serviced office near the Hume Street corner, opposite Queens Park. The Toowoomba Bus Station on Neil Street, where Greyhound Australia, Murrays and Crisps Coaches long-distance services depart, is within walking distance, and Translink runs the city's local buses. If you are driving, council paid parking can be paid at pay stations or meters, or through the Toowoomba Parking app.

Please call 1300 390 394 to book a time before coming in. If getting into town is hard, we can meet by phone or video, or Viktoria can visit you at home or in hospital. Mention any mobility needs when you book so the meeting suits you.

Local Industries & Workplace Risks

Toowoomba is the service centre for a wide surrounding region, and its workforce leans towards care, education and the land. Modelled figures for the Toowoomba Regional Council area estimate about 100,500 local jobs in 2024/25, with agriculture, forestry and fishing making up 7.9% of them, against 2.3% across Queensland.

• Health care and social assistance (19,674 jobs), the largest employing industry in the region.
• Education and training (11,294 jobs), including the University of Southern Queensland's founding campus on West Street.
• Construction (9,418 jobs), up about 2,870 jobs since 2019/20.
• Agriculture, forestry and fishing (7,910 jobs) and manufacturing (6,670 jobs).
• Retail trade (8,056 jobs), accommodation and food services (5,982 jobs) and transport, postal and warehousing (3,877 jobs).

Common Workplace Injuries in Toowoomba

Injury risks tend to follow the work people do.

• Lifting and moving patients or aged-care residents can cause back and shoulder injuries, while occupational violence and workload pressure in care and teaching roles can lead to psychological injury.
• Building sites bring falls from ladders and scaffolds and crush injuries; see construction injuries and knee injuries.
• Farm machinery, livestock and vehicles can cause fractures and head and brain injuries.
• Processing and production-line work can cause repetitive strain injuries.
• Road crashes while driving for work, often with neck and whiplash injuries, can involve both WorkCover and CTP insurance.

If you were hurt as a shopper or visitor rather than while working, a public liability claim may apply instead. Our WorkCover claims guide explains the process.

Local Medical & Legal Resources

Hospitals and emergency departments

• Toowoomba Hospital, Pechey Street, Toowoomba: Darling Downs Health public hospital with a 24-hour emergency department.
• St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba, 22–36 Scott Street, East Toowoomba: 24-hour private emergency department (fees apply).
• St Andrew's Toowoomba Hospital, 280 North Street, Rockville: not-for-profit hospital.

Court

• Toowoomba Magistrates Court, 159 Hume Street, Toowoomba, which shares its courthouse with the District and Supreme Courts.

Statewide bodies

• WorkCover Queensland: the workers' compensation insurer for Queensland employers that are not licensed self-insurers.
• Workers' Compensation Regulator: reviews insurer decisions when a review is applied for.
• Queensland Industrial Relations Commission: hears appeals against most review decisions; some go to an industrial magistrate.
• Workplace Health and Safety Queensland: works to improve work health and safety in Queensland.