Dr. Rathee

The worker, a garden centre manager, claimed initial entitlement for a right eye retinal detachment after a bag of mulch tore and soil fell into their eye.

The worker later amended the accident history to claim the 40-pound bag also struck their face.

The Appeals Resolution Officer rejected the revised history as inconsistent with contemporaneous reporting.

Relying on a medical consultant's opinion that soil entering the eye is not a compatible mechanism for retinal detachment, the ARO found the injury was not work-related.

The appeal was denied.