We’re here to help.
When an injury or illness happens on the job, we provide wage-loss benefits, medical coverage and support to help people recover and get back to work.
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1. Get medical help |
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If first aid is the only treatment received, you do not need to report to the WSIB. If you’re not sure contact us. |
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2. Document |
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3. Report to the WSIB |
Report your injury or illness if:
You do not have to report your injury or illness to us if all three of the following apply:
If your dentures, glasses and/or artificial appliances are damaged in a workplace accident, you are eligible to claim benefits for repairing or replacing these devices even if you have no other injuries
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You must report a workplace injury or illness within three days of learning about it if your employee:
You must provide a copy of the injury or illness report to your employee.
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4. Work together |
It’s important that you stay in touch with each other and the WSIB. |
If you have questions, contact us.
Reporting rights and responsibilities
If you are injured or become ill at work | Businesses |
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The time limits listed below may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see the COVID-19 FAQs for updates about time limits and deadlines.
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The time limits listed below may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see the COVID-19 FAQs for updates about time limits and deadlines.
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To learn more about your rights and responsibilities, see meeting your responsibilities and our policy on reporting obligations. |
Workplace fatality or critical incident
- Businesses must notify the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development if anyone – whether they are an employee or not – is critically injured or killed at your workplace.
- If you have a family member or employee who has been involved in a fatality or critical incident, call us toll-free at 1-800-387-0750, Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. We can provide a Crisis Intervention Counsellor to help.
- We also provide support through the Fatalities and Immediate Response (FAIR) Partnership, which is a joint sponsorship between the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Threads of Life, Office of the Worker Adviser and the WSIB.
What to do if an injury or illness happens at work brochure
Download our brochure that goes through the steps if an injury or illness happens at work.
You can also order some online in multiple languages for your business.
- English (PDF)
- French (PDF)
- Simplified Chinese (PDF)
- Traditional Chinese (PDF)
- German (PDF)
- Polish (PDF)
- Portuguese (PDF)
- Punjabi (PDF)
- Spanish (PDF)
- Tamil (PDF)
- Vietnamese (PDF)