Forms
A form, signed by the worker and supervisor, listing duties that fall under the HCP recommended restrictions and limitation, assigned to the injured worker.
What is the Modified Work Offer form?
Worker hurt his back shoveling snow off his driveway so he could drive to work.
No. Injury occurred at home. Regular commute, or activities related to commute to and from work are not considered compensable.
Home Care Allowance is a type of benefit payable under the Act, to a severely injured worker. True or False
True.
Who pays worker while on site performing modified duties?
Employer
This consent allows Occupational Health to communicate with Health Care Providers regarding the worker's work related injury/illness.
What is the Access to Information form?
Graham states you have ___ hours to report an injury/illness to Occupational Health.
48 hours.
Worker sustained an injury at work. During your investigation, you discover that the root cause of the incident was because the worker was not wearing appropriate PPE.
Yes. There was an incident on site, that resulted in an injury.
Worker has the stomach flu and chooses to stay home, even though they've agreed to modified duties, in the office.
No one pays (unless worker has access to banked sick time).
A bystander's report of events as they recall.
What is a witness statement?
Worker was involved in a motor vehicle incident on her way to a company golf tournament, and sustained injuries.
Trick question. In this scenario, the answer is no. Attending functions such as golf tournaments are considered voluntary activities. However, if she was expected to be there and had been directed by her supervisor to attend, then yes, this would be compensable.
Worker was cleared for modified duties and signed off on the modified work offer. So far, worker has been participating but one morning, supervisor receives a text from the injured worker, stating they had a bad sleep due to pain related to the work injury, and won't be coming in that day.
No one pays. Absence is not medically supported.
A report outlining the series of events that lead to the incident and identifies the root cause the incident.
What is the incident investigation report?
Worker claims he developed anxiety and clinical depression from stress associated with the company reorganization.
No. If condition arose from regular business activities such as promotion, demotion, relocation, performance management meetings and reorganization, to name a few, this would not be considered compensable.
Worker has been cleared to work modified duties only for half of the day.
Combination. Employer pays for the hours worked, and WCB pays for the hours not worked.
A report containing worker's personal information, explanation of event that caused the injury/illness, body part/system injured/ill, wage information, that is written and signed by the worker him/herself.
What is the WCB Worker Report?
Once supervision has been notified of an injury/illness, what should be the first step taken?
Assess the need for medical attention.
The wellbeing of the worker is always our #1 priority, whether or not we agree with the injury/illness's validity or probability.
Worker was hurt when he and some friends engaged in horseplay on work premises, during work hours.
No. Workers' action were not directed from a supervisor and the tasks were not related to work activities.
At then end of a job, all workers are laid off, but you still have one worker on modified duties. There are no projects that can accommodate a worker on modified duties.
WCB will pay the worker until they are cleared to return to regular duties, or worker finds alternate employment that covers their date of incident wages.