Workplace Safety & Insurance Board

Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
Agency overview

Formed	1914
Jurisdiction	Ontario
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Agency executives	Elizabeth Witmer, Chair I. David Marshall, President
Website	www.wsib.on.ca

The Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (formerly Worker's Compensation Board) is a branch of the Ontario Ministry of Labour and was established in 1914. It is a workers' compensation insurer for Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario.

History

The Worker's Compensation Board, WSIB's predecessor, was formed in 1914 through the passage of the Workmen's Compensation Act. In 1998 the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act was passed in Queen's Park. This resulted in the formation of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board or WSIB which took over the functions of the previous board. The old Workman's Compensation Board's offices were at 90 Harbour Street from 1953 to 1973 (later the Ontario Provincial Police General Headquarters 1973-1995, now demolished) and later at Sheppard Avenue and Highway 400 (1973-1990s and has since been demolished and re-developed for residential homes). The current head office is located downtown Toronto at Front and Simcoe. The WSIB occupies 24 floors of Simcoe Place. WSIB also has offices in numerous centres throughout Ontario.

External links

Homepage WSIB Ontario

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Occupational safety and health

General topics	Environment, health and safety Ergonomics Health physics Hospital-acquired infection Indoor air quality Occupational asthma Occupational disease Occupational hygiene Occupational injury Risk management Process safety management Public health Repetitive strain injury

Professions	Environmental health Industrial engineering Occupational health nursing Occupational health psychology Occupational medicine Occupational therapist Safety engineering

Specific disorders	Acrodynia Asbestosis Berylliosis Brucellosis Byssinosis ("brown lung") Chalicosis Chimney sweeps' carcinoma Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE) Coalworker's pneumoconiosis ("black lung") Concussions in sport De Quervain syndrome Exposure to human nail dust Farmer's lung Fiddler's neck Flock worker's lung Glassblower's cataract Golfer's elbow Hearing Loss Indium lung Laboratory animal allergy Lead poisoning Mad hatter disease Mesothelioma Metal fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Silicosis Silo-filler's disease Surfer's ear Tennis elbow Tinnitus Writer's cramp

Organizations	European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Health and Safety Executive International Labour Organization National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Safety and Health Administration World Health Organization

Standards	Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 OHSAS 18001 Worker Protection Standard (US) Working Environment Convention, 1977

See also	Bangladesh Accord Environmental toxicology International Chemical Safety Card Safety data sheet (SDS) Sports injuries Toxic tort Workers compensation National Day of Mourning (Canadian observance)

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Workplace Safety & Insurance Board

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