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Patterns of underlying causes of work-related traumatic fatalities – Comparison between small and larger companies in British Columbia

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This study mined the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia (WCB) to compare discrepancies in injury and fatalities between small and large businesses. I’ve skipped a lot. For background: ·         Data from 2003-07 found the traumatic fatality rate among workers in small businesses (<20 person-years) was 9.7 per 100k person-years vs 2.7 per 100k in… Continue reading Patterns of underlying causes of work-related traumatic fatalities – Comparison between small and larger companies in British Columbia

The limits and of lost time injury and other injury measures: ‘risk blindness’

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This Safe Work Australia report mentioned yesterday, authored by O’Neill & Wolfe, discussed measuring & reporting on WHS. One section dived into the limits of injury measures. Some highlights: ·        “a single injury number or frequency rate is too aggregated to provide meaningful information to guide business decisions” ·        “the majority of LTIs have relatively short-term consequences… Continue reading The limits and of lost time injury and other injury measures: ‘risk blindness’