Service Standards

The WSCC is committed to service excellence. Honouring our commitments and being efficient and service focused are core parts of our organization’s values. Our service standards outline our delivery targets and let you know what to expect when you work with us.

Your feedback is important to us. We take our service standards seriously and our feedback email is monitored by the President. If you feel we did not meet a service standard, please contact us:

Phone: 867-920-3888
Toll-Free: 1-800-661-0792
Feedback email

 

General OrganizationDelivery Target
Respond to voice mail and email messages24 hours
Respond to fax and mail inquiries5 business days
Award RFP30 business days from RFP close date
Award Tenders10 business days from Tender close date
Respond to file disclosure requests10 business days
Employer ServicesDelivery Target
Register/reactivate new employer accounts5 business days
Issue employer clearances (final clearance)3 business days
Claims ServicesDelivery Target
Accept or deny no time loss and non-complex time loss claims15 business days from registration date
Issue initial letter to a claimant after an accepted claim5 business days
Reimburse claimant expenses (i.e. prescriptions)10 business days
Prevention ServicesDelivery Target
Resolve reports of unsafe work3 business days
Issue inspection reports5 business days after inspection
Issue Mine Health & Safety Acts approvals and Permits (exploration programs, mine design and construction, closure and abandonment) 10 business days minimum, to 6 months maximum (pending evaluation complexity)
Process application to write mining supervisor exam5 business days
Issue permit for diesel engines underground3 business days
Issue permit for explosive magazines, underground fuel storage tanks, raise climbers, elevators, and shaft conveyances5 business days
Issue Hazard Alert for serious workplace incidents and injuries7 business days
Review CommitteeDelivery Target
Communicate Review Committee decision50 business days from  registration date (does not include deferral days)