National Disgrace: Workplace Deaths

Labour Leader Dept: Ontario statistics show 377 workers died on the job or from occupational disease in fiscal 2010-11 that ended March 31, an increase of 53 from the previous year, according to The Star. At the same time, the data indicates that lost time injury and illness rates have continued to fall in the last decade. Those key rates dropped almost seven per cent to 4.16 accident claims receiving approval for compensation per 100 full-time equivalent workers in the latest year and workplace deaths have jumped 16 per cent in Ontario during the last year despite a government push for better job safety and prompting one labour leader to brand the situation a national disgrace. A breakdown of the figures from the Ministry of Labour and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board reveals that job fatalities alone climbed by 11 in the latest year or 15 per cent to 84. As reported in the news.
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