By the Numbers: 6,098 Reasons to do Workplace Inspections

Here are 6,098 reasons why workplace inspections are important. 6,098 Canadian and U.S. workers died in 2017 from work-related injuries or illnesses.

• One worker dies on the job, on average, nearly every day in Canada, according to the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, AWCBC. Add the cancers and longer-term illnesses from occupational exposure, and the number climbs to nearly 1,000.
• 951 workers died in Canada in 2017 – AWCBC
  • 217 in construction
  • 160 in manufacturing
  • 70 in transportation and storage
• Every 7 seconds a worker in the U.S. is injured on the job – NSC, Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • 510/hour
  • 12,300/day
  • 86,500/week
  • 5 million/year
• 5,147 workers were killed on the job in 2017 in the U.S. – Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Over 99 a week
  • Over 14 deaths a day
  • 2,077 transportation-related fatalities
  • 887 fatal falls
  • 272 unintentional overdoses from nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol at work – 5^th consecutive year this number has increased by at least 25%.