LEGAL VICTORIES FOR ONTARIO PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES DIAGNOSED WITH SICK BUILDING SYNDROME, MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, AND FIBROMYALGIA CAUSED BY OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AT THE WORKPLACE SAFETY AND IN

AUTO BODY MECHANIC - OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RELATED TO SILICA EXPOSURE WHILE SANDBLASTING

CARPENTER’S ASSISTANT – GRADUAL ONSET AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOW BACK DISC BULGES CAUSED BY CARPENTER’S ASSISTANT JOB DUTIES

GLAZIER – PERFORMANCE OF JOB DUTIES AS A GLAZIER FOR 35 YEARS CAUSED WORKER’S CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) MECHANIC – OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO R134A MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKER’S CARDIOMYOPATHY

HVAC OPERATIONS MANAGER – ENTITLEMENT TO PSYCHOTRAUMATIC DISABILITY AND DETERMINATION THAT HVAC OPERATIONS MANAGER NOT SUITABLE FOR THE WORKER

LATHE OPERATOR - RETROACTIVE ENTITLEMENT TO A PERMANENT DISABILITY OF HERNIA INJURY AND PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT OF NECK CONDITION

HVAC MECHANIC – GRADUAL ONSET AND DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND BILATERAL EPICONDYLITIS CAUSED BY HVAC MECHANIC JOB DUTIES

PUBLISHING CLERK – COMMONPLACE ACTIVITY OF STANDING UP FROM A CHAIR AND TURNING BODY CONSTITUTE A WORK-RELATED CHANCE EVENT LOW BACK INJURY

COMPUTER OPERATOR – ENTITLEMENT TO FULL LOE BENEFITS TO AGE 65 – CLAIM TO WSIB BENEFITS IS NOT AFFECTED BY A HRTO SETTLEMENT    

ROOFER - ENTITLEMENT TO NON-ECONOMIC LOSS (NEL) BENEFIT FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND RETROACTIVE ENTITLEMENT TO LOE BENEFITS

GLAZIER – JOB PROCESS OF A GLAZIER KNOWN TO CAUSE RIGHT SHOULDER SUPRASPINATUS AND SUBSCAPULARIS TEARS

PART-TIME CONTRACT COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR – IN DETERMINING THE WORKER’S LOE BENEFITS AT FINAL REVIEW, CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE MADE FOR LIMITED FULL-TIME COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR POSITIONS AND LACK OF PART-TIME CONTRACT COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR POSITIONS IN SUMMER AND CHRISTMAS BREAKS

CITY PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS OPERATOR – CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE WORKER’S BUS OPERATOR DUTIES AND THE ONSET AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW BACK INJURY DIAGNOSIS OF MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN

HVAC MECHANIC APPRENTICE – WORKER’S TRAUMATIC INJURIES OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, HANGING FROM AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT AND FALLING 10 TO 12 FEET TO THE GROUND IS EXPLICABLE ORGANIC MUSCULOSKELETAL BASIS TO ALLOW MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME AND GREATER OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA ON AN ORGANIC BASIS

PUBLIC TRANSIT JANITOR – MUSCULAR EFFORT EXERTED BY THE WORKER IN THE COURSE OF HIS DAILY DUTIES AS A JANITOR SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA