4. Report the injury to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

You may be able to make a claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Workers' compensation benefits are payments for injuries or diseases that are related to the work you were doing. Workers' compensation is paid by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

You must report your injury, illness or accident to the WSIB.

What can WSIB give you

You may be able to get benefits for things like:

you did not get because of your injury
health-care costs
travel costs to go to your doctor or to therapy
retirement income you cannot get because of your injury
a “work transition assessment”, which is meant to help you get work if you cannot return to a job with your employer

You might also be able to get workers' compensation benefits if you're permanently disabled because of your injury.

And you might be able to get:

an independent living allowance if you have a severe permanent
money to pay for clothing that's damaged by braces and wheelchairs

Even if you continued to work at your regular job and did not lose any wages, it's important to make a claim because:

you might get benefits to pay for your medical expenses
your injury could be permanent or get worse

How to make a claim

When you make a claim, you must fill out and send in an online report called Worker's Report of Injury/Disease (Form 6). It's also called Report your injury or illness. You start doing this by answering questions and creating a WSIB online services account at Report an injury, illness or exposure incident.

If you already have a WSIB online services account, you can log in and report your injury or illness directly.

You can also call the WSIB at 1-800-387–0750 to report by phone. For TTY, call 711.

Give as much information as you can about:

where you were when you got hurt
why you believe your injury is a work injury