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March 23, 2026

BRITISH COLUMBIA RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY LTD,
attn: WorkSafeBC Contact

ATTN: OCCUPATIONAL. HEALTH

6800 14TH AVE

BURNABY BC V3N 4S7

42647461

93970460601

| 2026-01-25

Dear MARK HOLAND:

Thank you for discussing your claim with us. This letter will explain my decision regarding your

application. /

Background
You have filed an application for compe
server fan noise behind your workstation.

ion for an ear condition that you report was caused by a

The Issue . :
The issue I must decide is whether your work duties or the nature of your employment caused you
to develop an occupational disease, = oe

Applying Law and Policy . a

The law and policy that appiies to your claim is found in Sections 134 and 136 of the Workers
Compensation Act (the "Act”) and policy items C4-25.00, C4-25,10, and C4-25.20 of WorkSafeBC’s,
Rehabilitation Services and Claims Manual (“RSCM"), Volume IL.

Section 134 of the Workers Compensation Act provides that a personal injury must arise out of and
in the course of a worker's employment for compensation benefits to be paid. This means your
injury must have happened at work and been caused by work for you to be eligible for workers’
compensation benefits. ee

Section 136 of the Act explains that where a worker suffers from an occupational disease and the
disease is due to the nature of their employment, compensation is payable. If the worker is not
disabled from e€arning full wages, heath care benefits may still be payable.

Policy item C4-25.00 explains that there are three basic requirements for compensation under
section 136 of the Act:
1. The worker must have a disease designated or recognized by the Board as an “occupational
disease”;
2. The worker’s occupational disease must be or have bene “due to the nature of any
employment” in which the worker was employed; and
3. The occupational disease must “disable the worker from earning full wages at the work” at
which the worker was emplayed; however, a worker need not be disabled by the occupational
disease in order to be entitled to health care benefits,

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