Injury Trend by WSPS Sectors
WSPS members comprise 154,000
employers in Ontario's agricultural,
manufacturing and service sectors
1
,
representing a workforce of 3.9 million
2
.
1
WSIB Enterprise Information Warehouse,
March 2012
2
Based on Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey,
December 2012
Number of Injuries by WSPS
Sub-Sector in 2012
The total number of employees that
experienced an incident at work that
resulted in either a lost time or no
lost time injury claim in 2012 are shown
for each sub-sector. The number of
injuries in each sub-sector generally
reflects the size of the workforce.
The retail, wholesale and office sub-
sector had the largest number of lost
time injuries and also has the largest
number of employees.
Lost Time and Total Injury Rates
by WSPS Sub-Sector in 2012
The lost time and total injury rates
are a ratio of the number of injuries
reported in 2012 per 100 employees
(full time equivalent). The rate of
injuries in each sub-sector generally
reflects the risk in the workplace.
Agriculture has the highest lost time
injury rate, while vehicle and industrial
equipment manufacturing has the
highest total injury rate, indicating
the level of risk to be controlled in
these two sub-sectors.
AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE SECTORS
TREND TOWARD ZERO
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