But less-serious injuries continue to rise, and that’s concerning, said WSIB leader
The number of lost-time accident claims from the mining industry has dropped in recent years, said Jeffery Lang, president and CEO of the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board .
A "lost time" claim happens when a worker suffers a work-related injury or sickness which results in the worker being off work past the day of the accident, loss of wages/earnings, or a permanent disability or impairment. "So in the mining sector, there's been a 30 per cent increase in 'no last-time claims.' So from 2020 to 2023, we went from about 1,000 claims to 1,300 claims. So that's not great." Lang told the conference."This sector was having some serious problems, two or three years ago. In the last two years, they've come down from above 380 claims in 2021 to 280 claims last year. That's significant and these are lost-time claims, serious injuries.
"We're doing a lot of work and research and we're going to continue to do so. That's an area where there's room for improvement," he said.
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