Effective date: October 1, 2017
Application: All Occupational Disease injuries on or after the effective date.
Policy subject: Decision making - Injuries
Purpose:
To establish guidelines for occupational disease injuries.
POL 04/2017, Injuries – Occupational Disease provides guidelines for when the WCB considers a disease or disorder to be an occupational disease. The following procedure, along with the attached appendices, outlines how Operations staff determine if a disease or disorder is an occupational disease.
Claim Decisions
The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013
Sections 2(1)(r), 2(1)(aa), 20, 23, 49
(1) January 1, 2014. References updated in accordance with The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013.
(2) August 8, 2004, updated through ADM 03/2004 to reflect that guides concerning certain occupational diseases are to be attached to the procedure in compliance with 2001 Committee of Review recommendation 7.04.
(3) POL and PRO 11/2003, Injuries – Occupational Disease (effective December 1, 2003 to September 30, 2017).
(4) POL and PRO 07/1999, Injuries – Occupational Disease (effective February 1, 1999 to November 30, 2003).
(5) Board Order 40/78, Noise Induced Hearing Loss (effective November 27, 1978).
POL 04/2017 Injuries – Occupational Disease
POL 07/2021 Arising Out of and In the Course of Employment
POL 04/2013 Date of Injury
POL 02/2019 Decision Making
PRO 02/2019 Decision Making
POL 03/2020 Injuries – Firefighters
POL 11/2012 Injuries – Hearing Loss
POL 05/2013 Injuries – Heart Attack
POL 02/2017 Injuries – Psychological
POL 05/2014 Occupational Disease Reserve
POL 23/2010 Permanent Functional Impairment (PFI) – General
POL 03/2021 Second Injury and Re-Employment Reserve
PRO 03/2021 Second Injury and Re-Employment Reserve