Industrial program sector trends

This page highlights the trend of fatalities, critical injuries, complaints, and work refusals from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2025 in the industrial program and its subsectors.

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Background

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development keeps a record of:

visits to workplaces by occupational health and safety inspectors
events that are reported to the ministry, including fatalities, critical injuries, complaints and work refusals.

We use this data and data from sources such as the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to help plan health and safety compliance campaigns and initiatives.

Industrial program summary

Table 1: Events in the industrial program by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	29	23	48	33	31	28
Critical injuries	1,595	1,340	1,672	1,866	1,960	2,187
Complaints	9,134	12,342	10,485	7,320	7,924	7,458
Work refusals	316	299	233	155	167	181

Agricultural services

Find out what types of workplaces fall under agricultural services.

Table 2: Events in agricultural services sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	1	3	4	2	4
Critical injuries	26	22	18	18	17	12
Complaints	119	168	123	100	98	84
Work refusals	0	1	4	1	1	0

Automotive

Find out what types of workplaces fall under automotive.

Table 3: Events in automotive sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	1	3	1	3	1
Critical injuries	105	92	101	122	123	131
Complaints	456	607	524	464	438	346
Work refusals	20	10	5	5	12	7

Ceramics, glass and stone

Find out what types of workplaces fall under ceramics, glass and stone.

Table 4: Events in ceramics, glass, and stone sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	0	2	2	0	2
Critical injuries	15	12	14	20	14	21
Complaints	102	122	96	74	65	71
Work refusals	2	3	0	2	0	0

Chemical, rubber and plastics

Find out what types of workplaces fall under chemical, rubber and plastics.

Table 5: Events in chemical, rubber and plastics sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	2	1	1	1	1	2
Critical injuries	38	49	43	63	48	40
Complaints	297	361	262	212	222	197
Work refusals	4	10	4	1	5	3

Construction premises

Find out what types of workplaces fall under construction premises.

Table 6: Events in construction premises sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	4	2	2	0
Critical injuries	13	17	19	22	23	21
Complaints	220	210	199	223	210	126
Work refusals	0	1	0	0	0	1

Education

Find out what types of workplaces fall under education.

Table 7: Events in education sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	275	154	237	321	360	391
Complaints	330	487	421	293	386	390
Work refusals	25	33	56	49	41	44

Electrical and electronics

Find out what types of workplaces fall under electrical and electronics.

Table 8: Events in electrical and electronics sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	1	0	0	0
Critical injuries	9	7	14	12	8	12
Complaints	102	159	97	74	94	65
Work refusals	5	4	0	0	1	3

Farming operations

Find out what types of workplaces fall under farming operations.

Table 9: Events in farming operations sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	2	2	2	1	2
Critical injuries	11	14	17	19	11	15
Complaints	67	106	84	49	39	41
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	1	0

Film and television

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Table 10: Events in film and television sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	8	7	4	9	2	7
Complaints	8	24	18	8	9	18
Work refusals	0	2	0	0	0	0

Fire

Find out what types of workplaces fall under fire services.

Table 11: Events in fire sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	6	11	21	15	13	24
Complaints	15	41	37	23	20	20
Work refusals	1	3	0	0	0	2

Fishing sector

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Table 12: Events in fishing sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	0	0	0	3	1
Complaints	1	2	3	2	3
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	0

Food, beverage and tobacco

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Table 13: Events in food, beverage and tobacco sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	2	0	0	0	3	3
Critical injuries	96	87	116	125	115	164
Complaints	563	982	745	463	485	443
Work refusals	8	9	5	9	10	9

Government

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Table 14: Events in government sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	0	0	3	0	0
Critical injuries	89	81	99	94	134	150
Complaints	299	386	398	232	274	267
Work refusals	128	82	61	40	40	48

Industrial services

Find out what types of workplaces fall under industrial services.

Table 15: Events in industrial services sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	7	2	5	5	7	4
Critical injuries	94	92	137	126	165	175
Complaints	741	944	868	602	777	739
Work refusals	9	9	7	4	4	11

Live performance

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Table 16: Events in live performance sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	2	0	0	3	5	4
Complaints	12	13	10	7	16	7
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Logging and sawmills

Find out what types of workplaces fall under logging and sawmills.

Table 17: Events in logging and sawmills sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	2	1	1	0	2	0
Critical injuries	16	16	20	14	11	25
Complaints	54	51	60	49	51	48
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	1	0

Office and related services

Find out what types of workplaces fall under office and related services.

Table 18: Events in office and related services sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	1	2	0	0	0
Critical injuries	56	34	32	52	47	53
Complaints	495	730	528	351	383	309
Work refusals	10	10	4	1	1	2

Police service

Find out what types of workplaces fall under police service.

Table 19: Events in police services sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	1	0	0	1	0
Critical injuries	22	16	29	31	33	28
Complaints	14	35	24	12	13	12
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Primary metals

Find out what types of workplaces fall under primary metals.

Table 20: Events in primary metals sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	2	3	2	2
Critical injuries	35	33	31	42	34	43
Complaints	108	108	123	107	92	80
Work refusals	4	7	8	2	2	6

Pulp and paper

Find out what types of workplaces fall under pulp and paper.

Table 21: Events in pulp and paper sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	13	12	12	19	12	15
Complaints	77	116	65	40	46	33
Work refusals	1	3	0	1	0	0

Restaurants

Find out what types of workplaces fall under restaurants.

Table 22: Events in restaurants sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	1	0	1	0	0
Critical injuries	25	7	17	16	21	32
Complaints	723	638	842	573	533	531
Work refusals	0	1	1	1	0	0

Retail

Find out what types of workplaces fall under retail.

Table 23: Events in retail sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	0	0	0	0	1
Critical injuries	151	153	180	187	192	186
Complaints	1,092	1,901	1,308	878	937	902
Work refusals	18	17	5	4	5	7

Textiles and printing

Find out what types of workplaces fall under textiles and printing.

Table 24: Events in textiles and printing sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	5	8	10	7	16	6
Complaints	85	129	80	60	62	44
Work refusals	2	2	1	0	0	0

Tourism, hospitality and recreational services

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Table 25: Events in tourism, hospitality and recreational services sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	3	1	1	3	0	0
Critical injuries	77	31	47	83	76	105
Complaints	431	404	470	371	412	343
Work refusals	14	3	3	4	8	3

Transportation

Find out what types of workplaces fall under transportation.

Table 26: Events in transportation sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	3	3	5	0	1	1
Critical injuries	75	87	112	100	107	114
Complaints	432	618	537	305	351	303
Work refusals	35	48	42	18	19	17

Utilities

Find out what types of workplaces fall under utilities.

Table 27: Events in utilities sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	0	1	0	0	1	1
Critical injuries	21	23	22	24	23	28
Complaints	42	80	60	45	52	41
Work refusals	2	7	8	1	0	1

Vehicle sales and service

Find out what types of workplaces fall under vehicle sales and service.

Table 28: Events in vehicle sales and service sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	2	1	7	1	0	1
Critical injuries	25	28	38	18	18	16
Complaints	312	394	326	197	228	185
Work refusals	2	1	1	1	1	0

Wholesalers

Find out what types of workplaces fall under wholesalers.

Table 29: Events in wholesalers sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	2	2	0	2	1
Critical injuries	56	50	73	61	65	60
Complaints	392	544	400	292	286	245
Work refusals	4	5	5	5	1	2

Wood and metal fabrication

Find out what types of workplaces fall under wood and metal fabrication.

Table 30: Events in wood and metal fabrication sector by fiscal year
Event	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Fatalities	1	4	7	5	3	3
Critical injuries	128	117	117	153	155	122
Complaints	815	1,113	906	603	624	534
Work refusals	19	16	10	4	8	9

Statistical notes

Only critical injury events reported to the ministry are included in each sector.
These represent data that were reported to the ministry and may not represent what actually occurred at the workplace.
Some events may not have been classified under a specific subsector at the time data was downloaded for this report.
The critical injury numbers represent critical injuries reported to the ministry and not necessarily critical injuries as defined by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Non-workers who are critically injured may also be included in the ministry's data.
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development tracks and reports fatalities at workplaces covered by the OHSA. This excludes death from natural causes, death of non-workers at a workplace, suicides, death as a result of a criminal act or traffic accident (unless the OHSA is also implicated) and death from occupational exposures that occurred many years ago.
Data are subject to change because of inspectors' updates to the database.

Updated: September 09, 2025

Published: April 15, 2019