ANISH CHAND
23 April, 2021, 6:30 pm
A journalist who lost a tooth and fractured another when a soccer ball hit his face was among those who received payouts from the Accident Compensation Commission Fiji (ACCF).
The ACCF said in a presentation to the Fiji Trades Union Congress meeting recently that this was a work-related injury.
“The worker was a journalist and while taking pictures at a soccer tournament a ball hit his camera which hit his mouth causing injuries,” said the ACCF.
The $6000 payout was for missing front middle tooth and fracture of another tooth.
The ACCF received 1121 applications for injury claims and approved payments for 148 that amounted to $1.35 million.