A new workplace safety strategy for Saskatchewan is putting a focus on mental health and compliance enforcement to reduce workplace injuries.
Healthcare and transportation as industries accounted for 29 per cent of all serious injuries in the province between 2010 and 2021. Construction equated to 51 per cent of fatalities from occupational diseases in the same time frame.Article content
Most recent data shows that the WCB accepted 238 mental health-related claims in 2021, up from 174 five years earlier in 2017, and Germain said the average claim cites around 70 days of lost work.Germain said part of that work includes connecting workers with a psychological professional, and coordinating with outside organizations to do a “warm hand-off” for those whose claims aren’t accepted.
“There is strong agreement that we need to take more action to address the number of fatalities and serious injuries in Saskatchewan,” he said. “What it does is it brings visibility and awareness to the problem, and it also focuses our attention,” he said.
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