How does a non-occupational illness become an occupational hazard, and what do you need to know as an employer? Join us for this lunch and learn webinar with a WCB Claims supervisor and an Industry Specialist from Alberta WCB to hear about the adjudication of COVID-19 claims, pandemic limitations and claims management, as well as 2020 premium deferrals.

About the Presenter: 
Leigh-Ann Moroz is an Industry Specialist (IS) WCB-Alberta. She has over 30 years of experience working with the board, including working with injured workers’ claims and employer accounts. Leigh-Ann works with industries such as oil & gas, trucking, meat packing, food processing, home improvement centres, manufacturing and warehousing.

As an Industry Specialist, she coaches employers on how key strategies can positively influence rates and reduce claim costs. IS offer education on best practices and tools for employers and industry groups to develop a disability management program that supports an early and safe return to work for injured workers. IS also provide all of the onsite and offsite training on behalf of the WCB-Alberta.

This session will discuss the value of PSIs, how they are different from other incidents, connections to other initiatives like Life Saving Rules and the future of serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention. Included within this session will be a review of the Alberta OHS Oil and Gas data recently shared with Energy Safety Canada.

The session will be delivered by Mr. Robert Waterhouse, a senior staff advisor in the Industry Development department at Energy Safety Canada, the safety association for Canada's oil and gas industry. Robert Waterhouse worked with Industry and the Alberta Government in the development of Energy Safety Canada's PSI Guideline.