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B.C. Reg. 713/74 |
Filed October 21, 1974 |
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Workers Compensation Act
1 Where none of the conditions listed in section 2 (a) to (h) is present, an injury is a minor injury and not required to be reported to the board unless one of those conditions subsequently occurs.
2 A reportable injury is an injury arising out of and in the course of employment under Part 1 of the Workers Compensation Act, or which is claimed by the worker concerned to have arisen out of and in the course of such employment, and in respect of which any one of the following conditions is present or subsequently occurs:
(a) the worker loses consciousness following the injury;
(b) the worker is transported or directed by a first aid attendant or other representative of the employer to a hospital or other place of medical treatment, or is recommended by such person to go to such place;
(c) the injury is one that obviously requires medical treatment;
(d) the worker states that he intends to seek medical treatment;
(e) the worker has received medical treatment for the injury;
(f) the worker is unable or claims that he is unable by reason of the injury to return to his usual job function on any working day subsequent to the day of injury;
(g) the injury or accident resulted or is claimed to have resulted in the breakage of an artificial member, eyeglasses, dentures or a hearing aid;
(h) the worker or the board has requested that an employer's report be sent to the board.
3 The obligation of the employer to report the injury to the board commences when a supervisor, first aid attendant or other representative of the employer first becomes aware of any one of the conditions listed in section 2, or when notification of any such condition is received by mail or telephone at the local or head office of the employer.
4 Spent.
[Provisions of the Workers Compensation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 492, relevant to the enactment of these regulations: section 54 (6)]
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