Workplace Safety & Insurance Coverage - wsib

Chapter 4 -In case of injury
What to do
Immediately
1. Provide first aid treatment.
Remember to document what happened and what
first aid was provided.
2. Arrange for transportation to a hospital,
doctor’s office or the worker’s home, if
required.
The employer is responsible for arranging and paying
for any transportation costs to get the employee
medical treatment.
3. Pay the worker’s wages for the day of the
injury.
WSIB benefits begin the day after the injury.
Once the worker is looked after
4. Review what happened and look for causes.
■ What caused the accident
■ lack of training
■ faulty equipment
■ slippery floor
■ failure to use safe work practices
■ improper handling of dangerous materials.
Your safe workplace association has
accident review checklists to help you.
5. Follow up to avoid similar injuries in future.
Take necessary actions to
■ identify and arrange for required safety training
■ repair or replace any faulty equipment
■ keep worksite cleaner in future
■ identify any work processes that need to
be changed
6. Begin to plan for the worker’s return to work.
Information about what the worker can and
cannot do during recovery (called functional abilities)
will help you bring him/her back to work as soon as
possible without risk of further injury.
■ Consider if it would be useful for the
worker to get functional abilities information
from the treating health care provider.
■ Consider arranging modified duties where
practical.
When to report
When to report injuries and illnesses
REPORT if the injury/illness causes the
worker to…
■ get health care treatment,* or
■ lose time from regular work, or
■ earn less than regular pay for regular work or
■ require modified work at less than regular
pay or
■ require modified work at regular pay for
more than seven calendar days.
Workers have six months from the date of injury or
onset of illness to claim benefits.
DO NOT REPORT if the worker…
■ only needs first aid,* or
■ receives first aid and goes back immediately
to modified work at regular pay for up to seven
calendar days from the time of the injury, or
■ does not receive first aid but requires modified work
at regular pay for up to seven calendar days from the
time of the injury.
Not sure if you should report
Ask yourself these questions.
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What level of care did the worker
receive
Did it require the professional
qualifications of a health care provider
Could anyone trained in basic first aid
have provided the care
Employers – it is your responsibility
to report to the WSIB within 3 days of
learning about the injury. There are
fines for late reporting.
* For more detail on health care and first aid see
Frequently Asked Questions.
For fatal or critical injuries, notify the Ministry of Labour immediately.
Leave the accident scene untouched to allow for a thorough investigation.
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