Prosthetic limbs a secondary condition from workplace injury: Tribunal

Worker originally denied benefits for injury suffered from slip and fall related to unsteadiness with 2 artificial legs and 1 artificial arm

An Ontario worker is entitled to additional workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained in a fall caused by unsteadiness in his prosthetic limbs which he had from earlier workplace injuries, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled.

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