Workplace Safety & Prevention Services Celebrates 100 Years of Keeping Ontario Safe
- July 20, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
No CommentsMississauga, ON, July 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS), the oldest and largest health and safety association in Ontario, is today celebrating its 100th anniversary as a committed leader to enhance workplace safety culture. Established as the Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA) in 1917 to give voice to workers in
Ontario leads Canada with lowest lost-time injury rate
- July 11, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Ontario’s workplaces continue to be among the safest in Canada. Since 2009, Ontario has had the lowest lost-time workplace injury rate in the country. The average lost-time injury rate for Canada in 2015 was 1.5 per 100 workers, compared with Ontario’s, which over the last four years has been below 1 per 100 workers, according
Ontario workplaces have become safer, claims WSIB report
- July 1, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
TORONTO, Ont. — Ontario continues to have the lowest lost-time workplace injury rate in Canada, while the number of workers’ compensation claims in the province has steadily decreased, according to the latest annual report from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Released on June 26, By the Numbers: 2016 WSIB Statistical Report revealed that