WorkSafeBC and Home Modifications After a Workplace Injury
If you were injured at work in BC, WorkSafeBC may fund changes to your home when they are reasonably necessary because of your injury. Here is how it generally works.
Minor and major modifications
- Minor modifications include grab bars, ceiling poles, hand rails, a handheld shower and temporary ramps.
- Major modifications include elevators, interior or exterior lifts and bathroom modifications. WorkSafeBC says major modifications are funded only for workers with severe or catastrophic injuries.
How the process works
- You have an open WorkSafeBC claim. Talk to your case manager.
- An occupational therapist assesses your home and what you need.
- The therapist's recommendations go to WorkSafeBC, which decides what it will fund.
- If approved, the work is arranged.
WorkSafeBC decides what is funded, so do not start work before you have written approval.
How Home2stay helps
We work with occupational therapists and can provide the measurements, options and quotes they need for their report, covering grab bars, ramps, stairlifts, elevators and bathroom changes. See for clinicians.
Other funding
See BC RAHA and the Home Accessibility Tax Credit.
This is general information, not advice on your claim. Confirm what applies to you with WorkSafeBC.