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Occupational Health and Safety Act

R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 834

CRITICAL INJURY — DEFINED

Historical version for the period June 7, 2021 to June 30, 2021.

Note: This Regulation is revoked on July 1, 2021. (See: O. Reg. 420/21, s. 8)

Last amendment: 420/21.

Legislative History: 351/91, 420/21.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

1. For the purposes of the Act and the Regulations,

“critically injured” means an injury of a serious nature that,

(a)  places life in jeopardy,

(b)  produces unconsciousness,

(c)  results in substantial loss of blood,

(d)  involves the fracture of a leg or arm but not a finger or toe,

(e)  involves the amputation of a leg, arm, hand or foot but not a finger or toe,

(f)  consists of burns to a major portion of the body, or

(g)  causes the loss of sight in an eye.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 834, s. 1.