{"id":4654,"date":"2021-06-11T12:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/?post_type=legal_decisions&#038;p=4654"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:51:39","slug":"decision-of-the-bc-workers-compensation-appeal-tribunal-re-fog","status":"publish","type":"legal_decisions","link":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/legal_decisions\/decision-of-the-bc-workers-compensation-appeal-tribunal-re-fog\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9cision de la Commission des accidents de travail WorkSafeBC (re: brouillard)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4654\" class=\"elementor elementor-4654\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-778de61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"778de61\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c45c30d\" data-id=\"c45c30d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99846ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"99846ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5a36905 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11 juin 2021\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-433527f elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/category\/miscellaneous\/?post_types=legal_decisions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDivers\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e4e45c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e4e45c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cette d\u00e9cision du Tribunal concerne une r\u00e9clamation pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par une com\u00e9dienne suppl\u00e9ante \u00e0 la Commission des accidents du travail agissant sous le nom de WorkSafeBC pour une irritation oculaire et une sinusite qu'elle attribuait \u00e0 une exposition au brouillard \/ \u00e0 la brume \/ \u00e0 la fum\u00e9e sur un plateau de tournage. Le tribunal d'appel a examin\u00e9 si une r\u00e9clamation pour sinusite devait \u00eatre accept\u00e9e comme maladie professionnelle. L'appel \u00e9tait une nouvelle audience au cours de laquelle le tribunal d'appel a examin\u00e9 le dossier, les observations et les preuves m\u00e9dicales.<\/p><p>La r\u00e9clamation de la travailleuse attribuait ses sympt\u00f4mes \u00e0 une \u00e9paisse fum\u00e9e atmosph\u00e9rique et une ventilation minimale pendant 12 \u00e0 15 heures par jour pendant plusieurs semaines pendant le tournage d'une \u00e9mission. Elle a indiqu\u00e9 que ses yeux \u00e9taient irrit\u00e9s, qu'elle avait une sinusite continue, une congestion, une inflammation, des ganglions lymphatiques enfl\u00e9s, un visage rouge, une sensation d'oppression dans les oreilles et une infection des sinus et des yeux qui a commenc\u00e9 le premier mois de l'\u00e9mission et a progressivement augment\u00e9.<\/p><p>Le tribunal d'appel a examin\u00e9 la preuve m\u00e9dicale de la travailleuse et a conclu que la travailleuse n'avait pas de sinusite au moment o\u00f9 elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler. Les preuves m\u00e9dicales ont r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 une tendance l\u00e9g\u00e8re et intermittente \u00e0 la sinusite. Le tribunal d'appel a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une condition pr\u00e9existante, mais d'une pr\u00e9disposition g\u00e9n\u00e9tique de la travailleuse selon laquelle elle est plus sujette \u00e0 la sinusite que le travailleur moyenne. Le tribunal d'appel a d\u00e9crit ceci comme une \u00abpr\u00e9dilection pr\u00e9existante pour la sinusite\u00bb. Les principes du droit de responsabilit\u00e9 d\u00e9lictuelle s'appliquaient et le travailleur \u00e9tait qualifi\u00e9 de \u00abvictime vuln\u00e9rable\u00bb. L'employeur ne pouvait \u00e9viter sa responsabilit\u00e9 p\u00e9nale en soutenant que l'action n'aurait pas bless\u00e9 une \u00abpersonne normale\u00bb. Le tribunal d'appel a conclu que la sinusite de la travailleuse \u00e9tait due \u00e0 la nature de son emploi et qu'elle devait \u00eatre accept\u00e9e par la Commission.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/bc\/bcwcat\/doc\/2019\/2019canlii141278\/2019canlii141278.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pour la d\u00e9cision compl\u00e8te, cliquez ici<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cette d\u00e9cision du Tribunal concerne une demande d'indemnisation pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par une actrice \u00e0 la Commission des accidents du travail, qui op\u00e8re sous le nom de WorkSafeBC, pour une irritation des yeux et une sinusite qu'elle attribue [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10822,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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