The Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is Manitoba

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What is the Workers Compensation Board?

• The Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is
  Manitobas no-fault insurance system for
  employers and workers.
• The WCB can pay money (compensation) to injured
  workers who cannot work because they are hurt on
  the job.
• If you do get injured or sick because of your
  work, it is important for you to know about the
  WCB.

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Injury risks for newcomers to Manitoba

• Newcomers to Manitoba do not always find the work
  they hoped to find right away.
• Newcomers may be more likely to work in manual
  jobs, which have higher rates of injury.

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What types of injuries and illnesses can happen
at different workplaces?

• In a factory?
• In a restaurant?
• Doing cleaning or maintenance work?
• In healthcare or child care?
• In construction?
• In other types of jobs?

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What should you do if you get sick or injured as
a result of your work?

• If you require medical attention, go see a
  healthcare provider (hospital, doctor, walk-in
  clinic, etc.) as soon as possible.
• Be sure to tell your healthcare provider that
  your pain or injury is related to your work.
• The healthcare professional will fill out a WCB
  Healthcare Report and send it to the WCB.

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What should you do if you get sick or injured as
a result of your work?

• Tell your employer or supervisor about your
  injury, even if it seems small. A small injury
  could get worse.
• Your boss cannot fire you just because you are
  hurt or injured.

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What should you do if you get sick or injured as
a result of your work?

• If you have a safety and health representative at
  work, tell this person about your injury.
• You can also tell your union representative if
  you feel comfortable doing so.
• If you get hurt in an incident at work, get the
  names and contact information of anyone who saw
  the incident.

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What should you do if you get sick or injured as
a result of your work?

• If you miss time from work because of your
  injury, report your injury to the WCB.
• Call 204-954-4100 or toll free at 1-800-362-3340.
• You can ask to have an interpreter join the call
  if you are more comfortable speaking in a
  language other than English.
• You can also fill out a Worker Incident Report
  form.
• Available on the WCB website www.wcb.mb.ca
• Send to the WCB

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Scenario Why it is important to report injuries

• Naseem gets a metal splinter in his hand at work.
  He tells his boss, and they fill out a WCB form
  to report the injury. Naseem thinks this isnt
  necessary and laughs about it. He doesnt tell
  his co-workers because he is embarrassed. He
  didnt need to report this type of injury in his
  home country.
• The splinter in Naseems hand gets infected, and
  he has to take a week off work. If he hadnt
  reported the injury to his boss and to the WCB,
  he may not have been paid for staying home from
  work to get better.

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What should you do if you get sick or injured as
a result of your work?

• Write down the details of your injury, illness or
  incident at work.
• Your turn What sorts of information should you
  provide?

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How does the WCB find out about your injury?

• If you get medical care, your healthcare provider
  may fill out a WCB Healthcare Report and send it
  to the WCB.
• Your employer has to let the WCB know about your
  injury within five days of learning about the
  injury.
• Your employer may fill out a WCB Employers
  Incident Report form or report the injury over
  the phone or online.

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What the Worker Incident Report form looks like
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What happens next?

• Once the WCB receives a Worker Incident Report
  form, a WCB Employers Incident Report form) or
  WCB Healthcare Report, it will open a file on the
  claim and contact you for any further
  information.
• The next four slides provide more detailed
  information about making a claim to the WCB.

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Steps involved in making a WCB claim

• When to make a claim
• As a worker, you can make a claim for a
  work-related injury or illness if you
• receive healthcare for your injury or illness or
• miss time from work.
• Tell your employer about the injury or illness as
  soon as possible. Your employer should report the
  injury or illness to the WCB.
• Call the WCB at 204-954-4100, or toll-free at
  1-800-362-3340 to report your injury.
• Monday Friday, 800 a.m. 700 p.m.

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Steps involved in making a WCB claim

• You will need to provide the following
  information
• your name
• your address and phone number
• the date of your injury
• your social insurance number
• your workplaces name, address and phone number
• the symptoms or illness for which you are making
  a claim, as well as information about the type of
  work you do or about the incident
• the healthcare provider you saw for your injury
  and the date when you saw him/her

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Steps involved in making a WCB claim

• When a claim is registered, you will be given an
  eight-digit claim number.
• Keep your claim number so that you can follow up
  with your adjudicator or case manager about your
  claim.
• Once your form is received, an adjudicator will
  call you to get any information still needed to
  make a decision on your claim.

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Steps involved in making a WCB claim

• There is a deadline for employers to make a claim
  to the WCB. A claim must be filed within five
  working days of an injury or of when they learned
  of the injury.
• You must contact (report to) the WCB if there are
  any changes to the status of your claim. These
  changes could include
• returning to work
• beginning to receive other income or benefits
• significant changes in your medical condition.

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Acknowledgements

• This document is part of the Prevention is the
  Best Medicine toolkit created by a research team
  at the Institute for Work Health (Kosny A,
  Lifshen M, Smith P, Saunders R and Rhooms R.
  2011). It was modified by Workplace Safety and
  Health and the Workers Compensation Board of
  Manitoba.
• The Institute for Work Health is an
  independent, not-for-profit research
  organization. Its mission is to conduct and share
  research that protects and improves the health of
  working people and is valued by policy-makers,
  workers and workplaces, clinicians, and health
  and safety professionals.
• For more information, call 957-SAFE in Winnipeg
  or 1-866-929-SAFE outside Winnipeg.