Overall time loss injury rate falls by 21 per cent over four years but musculoskeletal injuries rise from 52 per cent of all workplace injuries to 59 per cent
The time loss workplace injury rate in Manitoba continued to fall in 2004, according to the Manitoba Workplace Injury and Illness statistics report.
The report, a joint initiative of the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) and the Workplace Safety and Health Division of Manitoba Labour and Immigration (WSHD), stated that the time loss injury rate fell by 21 per cent between 2000 and 2004.
"It's important to remain proactive to ensure that the workplace injury rate continues to decline," says Minister of Labour and Immigration Nancy Allan.
"We have made significant gains in our pursuit of a safer and healthier Manitoba, but we have to continue to target workplace safety issues such as MSIs (musculoskeletal injuries) if we are to meet our goal of a 25 per cent reduction in workplace injuries over five years."
MSIs have risen from 52 per cent of all time loss injuries in 2000 to 59 per cent in 2004. Healthcare has the highest proportion of time loss injuries due to these kinds of injuries at 73 per cent. Meanwhile 27 percent of all time loss injuries happen to the back, 19 percent to hands and fingers, and 12 per cent to multiple body parts.
While men are still most at risk of suffering a workplace injury, women are sustaining more MSIs than men and that trend is rising.
The report, a joint initiative of the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) and the Workplace Safety and Health Division of Manitoba Labour and Immigration (WSHD), stated that the time loss injury rate fell by 21 per cent between 2000 and 2004.
"It's important to remain proactive to ensure that the workplace injury rate continues to decline," says Minister of Labour and Immigration Nancy Allan.
"We have made significant gains in our pursuit of a safer and healthier Manitoba, but we have to continue to target workplace safety issues such as MSIs (musculoskeletal injuries) if we are to meet our goal of a 25 per cent reduction in workplace injuries over five years."
MSIs have risen from 52 per cent of all time loss injuries in 2000 to 59 per cent in 2004. Healthcare has the highest proportion of time loss injuries due to these kinds of injuries at 73 per cent. Meanwhile 27 percent of all time loss injuries happen to the back, 19 percent to hands and fingers, and 12 per cent to multiple body parts.
While men are still most at risk of suffering a workplace injury, women are sustaining more MSIs than men and that trend is rising.
