I just found this alarming article

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As a side note, we have an Accident tax here.  1.34% of your income goes towards a government fund to cover accidents in the workplace.  It's just insane...
The only time that anything has happened in our workforce (Software development) where I thought there might be a payout was a manager (about 35-40) who had a heart attack... however this is not an accident...
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Thanks, whybish. You are indulging my fascination with the myriad of different ways other countries/jurisdictions handle issues of social policy. :D

The notion that there should be some way to cover the costs of workplace accidental injury is something that is handled rather differently here, although the same 'social good' is being promoted.

We have, in Ontario, a Workplace Safety & Insurance Board. Depending on the category of your workplace for type of work done and the health and safety record of that workplace, the employer has to pay premiums to the W.S.I.B. Costs of any health treatment that an injured employee must have are paid for by the W.S.I.B., including any disability pensions that they may need, following the injury. So some employers pay a lot, and some pay nothing, but the employee does not pay.