Twenty-seven workers reportedly died in workplace related accidents or from occupational disease in only one month, according to new Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) statistics. That brings the total WSIB fatality claims to 236, while over 140,000 injury claims had been made.
When compared to the 435 workplace fatalities and over 240,000 injury claims made in 2011, it is clear that Ontario’s the alarming trend in workplace tragedies remains unabated.
2012 WSIB Stats (to the end of July 2012)
236 – Total fatalities reported
48 – Traumatic on-the-job deaths were reported, but only 41 have been allowed so far
162 – Occupational disease related deaths were reported, 109 have been allowed so far
140,581 – Total injuries reported, of which only 105,869 have been allowed so far
“It is time to demand that every employer who jeopardizes the health and safety of workers is put in jail. This workplace carnage will not stop until bad bosses are escorted out of their boardrooms in handcuffs!” – OFL President Sid Ryan
