Industrial program sector trends

This page highlights the trend of fatalities, critical injuries, complaints, and work refusals from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2024 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 (April 1 – March 31)
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	23	31	23	48	33	30
Critical injuries	1,646	1,595	1,343	1,674	1,869	1,961
Complaints	9,267	9,146	12,348	10,484	7,298	7,757
Work refusals	213	316	299	233	155	165

Agricultural services

Find out what types of workplaces fall under agricultural services.

Table 2: Events in agricultural services sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	1	1	1	3	4	2
Critical injuries	23	26	22	18	18	17
Complaints	99	124	177	125	100	96
Work refusals	0	0	1	4	1	1

Automotive

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Table 3: Events in automotive sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	2	0	1	3	1	3
Critical injuries	102	105	92	101	122	123
Complaints	439	451	607	525	465	431
Work refusals	12	20	10	5	5	11

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	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	2	1	1	2	2	0
Critical injuries	17	13	12	14	19	15
Complaints	97	102	122	96	74	63
Work refusals	1	2	3	0	2	0

Chemical, rubber and plastics

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Table 5: Events in chemical, rubber and plastics sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	2	1	1	1	1
Critical injuries	61	38	49	44	62	50
Complaints	299	305	363	264	214	221
Work refusals	7	4	10	4	1	6

Construction premises

Find out what types of workplaces fall under construction premises.

Table 6: Events in construction premises sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	3	0	0	4	2	2
Critical injuries	25	13	17	18	25	24
Complaints	211	223	214	202	221	208
Work refusals	0	0	1	0	0	0

Education

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Table 7: Events in education sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	1	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	326	275	154	237	319	357
Complaints	378	328	488	421	289	372
Work refusals	20	25	33	56	49	41

Electrical and electronics

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Table 8: Events in electrical and electronics sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	1	0	0
Critical injuries	5	9	6	14	13	9
Complaints	102	102	160	98	76	95
Work refusals	0	5	4	0	1	1

Farming operations

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Table 9: Events in farming operations sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	3	2	2	2	2	1
Critical injuries	12	11	14	17	19	11
Complaints	47	61	97	77	48	38
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	0	1

Film and television

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Table 10: Events in film and television sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	5	8	7	4	9	2
Complaints	13	7	24	18	8	9
Work refusals	0	0	2	0	0	0

Fire

Find out what types of workplaces fall under fire services.

Table 11: Events in fire sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	10	6	11	21	15	13
Complaints	13	14	41	37	23	19
Work refusals	0	1	3	0	0	0

Fishing sector

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Table 12: Events in fishing sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	0	0	0	0	3	1
Complaints	3	1	2	3	2	3
Work refusals	0	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	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	1	2	0	0	0	3
Critical injuries	82	96	87	115	125	113
Complaints	632	564	980	740	464	469
Work refusals	10	8	9	5	8	10

Government

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Table 14: Events in government sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	1	0	0	3	0
Critical injuries	116	90	81	99	94	133
Complaints	290	301	386	399	230	260
Work refusals	101	128	82	61	40	40

Industrial services

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Table 15: Events in industrial services sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	4	7	2	5	5	7
Critical injuries	62	90	90	133	125	153
Complaints	725	726	936	858	592	758
Work refusals	6	9	9	7	4	3

Live performance

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Table 16: Events in live performance sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	1	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	2	2	0	0	3	5
Complaints	18	12	13	10	8	15
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Logging and sawmills

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Table 17: Events in logging and sawmills sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	2	2	1	1	0	2
Critical injuries	16	16	16	20	14	11
Complaints	57	54	52	59	49	50
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	0	1

Office and related services

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Table 18: Events in office and related services sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	1	2	0	0
Critical injuries	52	56	34	34	51	49
Complaints	467	495	730	529	351	359
Work refusals	3	10	10	4	1	1

Police service

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Table 19: Events in police services sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	1	0	0	1
Critical injuries	25	23	16	29	31	33
Complaints	15	14	35	24	12	13
Work refusals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Primary metals

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Table 20: Events in primary metals sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	2	3	2
Critical injuries	36	35	33	31	42	34
Complaints	126	109	108	122	106	88
Work refusals	8	4	7	8	2	2

Pulp and paper

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Table 21: Events in pulp and paper sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	12	13	12	12	19	12
Complaints	76	77	116	66	40	47
Work refusals	2	1	3	0	1	0

Restaurants

Find out what types of workplaces fall under restaurants.

Table 22: Events in restaurants sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	1	0	1	0
Critical injuries	23	25	7	17	16	21
Complaints	751	724	640	842	569	507
Work refusals	1	0	1	1	1	0

Retail

Find out what types of workplaces fall under retail.

Table 23: Events in retail sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	1	1	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	153	149	152	181	188	192
Complaints	1,048	1,093	1,897	1,312	878	917
Work refusals	2	18	16	5	4	5

Textiles and printing

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Table 24: Events in textiles and printing sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Critical injuries	15	5	9	10	7	16
Complaints	99	85	130	80	60	62
Work refusals	0	2	2	1	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	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	2	3	1	1	3	0
Critical injuries	76	75	31	47	84	76
Complaints	462	436	405	472	371	404
Work refusals	0	14	3	3	4	8

Transportation

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Table 26: Events in transportation sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	3	3	5	0	1
Critical injuries	86	77	90	112	102	115
Complaints	377	446	625	538	310	348
Work refusals	20	35	48	42	18	19

Utilities

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Table 27: Events in utilities sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	1	0	1	0	0	1
Critical injuries	15	22	23	22	24	24
Complaints	41	43	82	60	46	49
Work refusals	3	2	7	8	1	0

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	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	3	0	7	1	0
Critical injuries	30	27	29	39	19	18
Complaints	334	313	394	326	196	228
Work refusals	3	2	1	1	1	1

Wholesalers

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Table 29: Events in wholesalers sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	1	2	2	0	2
Critical injuries	44	58	50	74	61	66
Complaints	388	392	545	403	294	286
Work refusals	2	4	5	5	5	0

Wood and metal fabrication

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Table 30: Events in wood and metal fabrication sector by fiscal year
Event	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Fatalities	0	1	4	7	5	2
Critical injuries	105	130	119	118	152	153
Complaints	874	813	1,111	906	600	610
Work refusals	9	19	16	10	4	8

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 Deveopment 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: November 26, 2024

Published: April 15, 2019