Employer's Role
Reporting workplace injuries and illnesses
- You must immediately report all serious injuries and illnesses to the Occupational Health and Safety 24-hour report line at (867) 667-5450.
- Serious injuries include:
- fatalities
- fractures of major bones
- loss of sight
- third degree burns
- uncontrolled explosions
- collapses of cranes or load bearing components of buildings
- brake failures causing runaways
- close calls of the above
- As soon as you find out a worker has sought medical help for a work-related injury or illness, you must fill out the Employer's Report of Injury/Illness and send it to the YWCHSB within three working days. The maximum penalty for late reporting is $500.
- You should instruct workers to promptly report to you all work-related injuries and illnesses. If an injured worker requires medical treatment beyond the job site or needs time off work beyond the day of injury, they have to fill out a Worker's Report of Injury/Illness.
- If an injured worker does not require medical treatment beyond the job site or need time off work beyond the day of injury, you do not have to file a Report of Injury/Illness. However, The employer must keep a written record of the incident. Incident forms are available on our website under Forms and Reports.
It is against the law to discourage workers from reporting a work related injury or illness.
Recording injuries
Keep a record of all injuries and work-related illnesses at your workplace. A safety officer can ask to see them. The records should include:
- the name of the injured worker,
- the date and time of injury or illness,
- the date and time of reporting,
- a brief description of how the injury or illness occurred,
- the name of witnesses,
- a brief description of the injury or illness,
- a description of the treatment,
- the patient's signature, when possible,
- the first-aid attendant's signature.
Reporting refusal to work
A worker can refuse to do hazardous work. In such a case, the worker must immediately report the situation to their employer or supervisor, who must investigate.
If the matter is not resolved, the worker may again refuse to work because of the hazard. The worker must inform their employer or supervisor, who must immediately notify Occupational Health and Safety at (867) 667-5450 or toll-free at 1-800-661-0443.
Return to work
There a key changes in The Workers'Compensation Act that affect you, your business and the injured worker. Click on the following links to find out more;
Vocational Rehabilitation and Return to Work;section 40
Information for the Employer
Transporting injured workers
The Workers' Compensation Act requires the employer to provide and/or pay for emergency transportation for an injured worker to a hospital, doctor, home or other place that may be required by the worker's condition.
The first-aid attendant decides whether a work-related injury or illness requires emergency transportation. If no first-aid attendant is present, the employer, the worker, or another person may call for emergency transportation.
Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board
