If you’ve had a workplace injury and are filing a WSIB claim, here is a quick review of the relevant forms involved in claims:
Form 6: Completed by the worker, to provide their account of the injury, their symptoms and to confirm they’ve informed the employer. The worker can complete this by mail and send it in, complete it as a PDF and upload it, or complete it over the phone with a customer service representative at 1-800-387-0750. This is not the same thing as an incident report completed for your workplace.
Form 7: Completed by the employer, to report the workplace injury to the WSIB. This will include important information required to help WSIB adjudicate the claim.
Form 8: Completed by the first healthcare provider you see – so make sure you advise them the injury is work related. This can be submitted even if you do not have a claim number. This might get filled out by your family doctor, a nurse or doctor at the hospital, a specialist, chiropractor or physiotherapist. You should be provided with a copy of page 2 that indicates if you are able to return to regular or modfied duties, or if you need time off work.
FAF – Functoinal Abilities Form: this can be completed by your doctor, or treating chiropractor/physiotherapist. This form is designed to provide information about what you can safely do based on your stage of recovery, while avoiding disclosure of confidential health information. This will allow your case manager, your employer and any return to work specialists involved in your claim, to help you through a graded return to work.
Form 26: This is a progress report that may be sent to your treating healthcare provider to inquire about additional information related to your recovery. If this has been sent out, please encourage your provider to fill it out promptly, as your case manager is looking for this information.
Form 41: This is progress reprot that will be sent to you to provide information on your perception of your recovery. Please fill this out promptly, as your Case Manager has sent it for a reason.
