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2-0804-8 Recreation
8. Recreation.
for the employee's comfort, health, convenience, or relaxation. In these cases, it is
particularly essential to determine whether the act was one which is regarded as a normal
incident of the work experience, or was one which is foreign or extraneous to the work
experience, and the extent to which the employee diverted from duty to perform the act.
The evidence appearing on Form CA-1 or CA-2 may, in many cases, contain sufficient
information to permit a proper determination. This will be particularly so where the
diversion is inconsequential or not excessive and the act is one which is well established to
be a normal incident of the work experience. Where clarification is needed, the official
superior should be asked to submit a statement showing:
(a) The precise location of the scene of the accident in relation to the industrial
premises, and the place where the employee regularly performed assigned duties;
(b) Whether the employee was performing assigned duties immediately preceding
the personal act and, if not, this should be fully explained;
(c) A description of the personal act in which the employee was engaged;
(d) Whether for this purpose the employee was using the nearest available
facilities or those intended for such use; and
(e) The extent of the employee's diversion from duty in terms of time and
distance.
(2) In disability cases, a similar statement should be obtained from the injured
employee. Statements from co-workers and/or other witnesses to the injury should also be
obtained when needed to clarify the extent of the employee's diversion and the nature of
the personal act.
a. An employee is considered to be in the performance of duty while engaged in formal
recreation and either the employee is paid for participating or the recreational activity is required
and prescribed as a part of the employee's training or assigned duties. The CE may approve
injuries occurring under these circumstances if the file contains a statement from the official
superior showing that:
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