Preventing Occupational Illness in your Workplace: WSIB Services and Resources
The WSIB provides services, programs and initiatives aimed at eliminating occupational illness and assisting affected workers and their families.
Fact Sheets for Prevention Topics
Medical and Occupational Disease Policy (MODP)
Medical and Occupational Disease Policy (MODP) develops policies and provides policy and adjudicative advice on medical and scientific evidence related to occupational disease issues; maintains and provides information from the OD database; provides statistical coding for the main database on all allowed lost time injury claims for the WSIB; and provides support for the WSIB annual statistical supplement.
E-mail: modpb@wsib.on.ca
Telephone: (416) 344-4365 or 1-800-387-5540, ext. 4365
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| The Ontario Occupational Health Services Network (OOHSN) |
The Ontario Occupational Health Services Network (OOHSN) helps primary health care providers recognize and treat occupational disease, identify risk factors and provide occupational health information to the community. The Network is promoting early recognition and treatment of occupational illness through best practices, such as the routine screening for work exposures as part of periodic health exams and talking to patients about their work. Earlier recognition with some patients helps identify risk factors for other patients in the community or similar working conditions, thus presenting opportunities for occupational health promotion, including patient and public education. In this way, primary health care assists with the prevention of occupational disease.
The OOHSN plays a significant role in bringing together health care and occupational health organizations, centres of expertise and the community to build an effective network for the prevention, early recognition, assessment and treatment of occupational disease.
Through the network, employers and workers are provided with enhanced occupational health information and resources to deal with their specific issues. With the early recognition of occupational disease, expert resources and better-informed health care community, the workplace can better deal with the complex issue of occupational disease.
Telephone: (416) 344-1010 or 1-800-465-9646
Fax: (416) 344-2502 |
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Program for Exposure Incident Reporting (PEIR)
The Program for Exposure Incident Reporting (PEIR) is a voluntary reporting program that gives employers and workers the opportunity to report an unplanned exposure incident resulting from a leak, spill, escape, explosion or direct physical contact.
PEIR enables employers and workers to inform the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of an exposure incident while the information is readily available, in case a worker becomes ill in the future.
More information is available from the PEIR Brochure (357k, pdf).
Telephone: (416) 344-1010 or 1-800-465-9646
Fax: (416) 344-5600 or 1-866-268-7797
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Research Advisory Council (RAC)
The Research Advisory Council (RAC) oversees the research grants program and advises the WSIB Board of Directors on research initiatives such as the allocation of research grants. The Council consists of representatives from the employer and worker community, members from the research community, the Ontario Health and Safety Associations, and the WSIB.
For more information:
Solutions for Workplace Change
Five-year Report (1.2mb, pdf)
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WSIB Prevention Division
WSIB Prevention Division staff will help find answers to your inquires or refer you to one of our prevention system partners for assistance. They can assist you on a variety of topics, including:
Telephone: 1-800-663-6639
E-mail: prevention@wsib.on.ca |
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