Critical Injury

Under Regulation 834 of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, only one of the conditions below is needed to constitute a "critical injury".

A critical accident is an accident of a serious nature that(a) places life in jeopardy:

• produces unconsciousness
• results in substantial loss of blood
• involves the fracture of a leg or arm but not a finger or toe
• involves the amputation of a leg, arm, hand or foot but not a finger or toe
• consists of burns to a major portion of the body
• causes the loss of sight in an eye