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Occupational Injuries Among Canadian Employers Under Federal Jurisdiction 2002–2007

Highlights

The following are the major highlights of the data presented in this statistical report pertaining to occupational injuries and fatalities between 2002 and 2007 among employers in Canada under federal jurisdiction (or within federally regulated sectors).

  • After declining steadily between 2003 and 2006, in 2007, the fatal injury incidence rate increased to 6.34 per 100,000 workers (from 5.14 in 2006).
  • The four federally regulated industry categories with the highest fatal injury incidence rates in 2007 were: Road Transport (23.20), Rail Transport (16.43), Water Transport (12.50) and Air Transport (10.67).
  • Since 2003, disabling injury incidence rates have declined slightly. More recently, in 2005, 2006 and 2007, they stabilized at 2.13 per 100 workers.
  • In 2007, the four federally regulated industry categories with the highest disabling injury incidence rates were: Postal Contractors (7.42), Longshoring (5.85), Air Transport (4.59), and Road Transport (4.41).

Background

Purpose of this Publication

The purpose of this annual publication is to offer statistical tables (along with selected graphs and some interpretation thereof) to an audience of clients or data users in the occupational health and safety (OHS) community in Canada. This includes employers under federal jurisdiction, the academic and research community, health and safety organizations, workers' compensation boards, federal government OHS staff and the general public. The material in this publication consists primarily of occupational injuries statistics and rates for employers under federal jurisdiction, by industry sector and province or territory, over the last six years for which data is available.

Source of Data: The Employer's Annual Hazardous Occurrence Report

The Labour Program of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) maintains a register of employers engaged in federal works, undertakings and businesses. The Employer's Annual Hazardous Occurrence Report (EAHOR) is mailed once each year to all of these federally regulated employers. As stipulated by the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (Section 15.10), pursuant to Part II of the Canada Labour Code, all federally regulated employers must provide information to HRSDC by March 1 of each year on the total number of disabling and non-disabling (minor) injuries, fatalities and other hazardous occurrences, the total number of employees (in full-time equivalents), and the total number of hours worked by all employees during the previous calendar year.

Data for 2007 are preliminary.

Industries Under Federal Jurisdiction

According to the Canada Labour Code, federal jurisdiction encompasses any work, undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada. This includes all work deemed to be for the common good of at least two provinces and outside the exclusive legislative authority of provincial legislatures. The industrial sectors included are:

  1. Air Transport (AIRT)
  2. Banking (BANK)
  3. Bridges and Tunnels (BRID)
  4. Broadcasting (BROD)
  5. Communications (COMM)
  6. Federal Crown Corporations (CRWN)
  7. Public Service Departments (PUBS)
  8. Feed, Flour and Seed Mills (FEED)
  9. Grain Elevators (GRAN)
  10. Longshoring (LONG)
  11. Energy and Mining (ENER)
  12. Pipelines (PIPE)
  13. Postal Contractors (POST)
  14. Rail Transport (RAIL)
  15. Inter-provincial Road Transport (ROAD)
  16. Water Transport (WATR)

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Date Modified:
2012-03-14