Findings are part of the ongoing research of Opioid-related Harms Among Ontario Workers study
Previously injured workers in sectors including construction, mining and forestry are more likely to end up in the emergency room or to be hospitalized due to opioid-related harm than workers in other sectors in Ontario.
In Canada, between January 2016 and September 2022, more than 34,000 people died from opioid use, she noted. The study focused on two types of results from opioid-related harms among workers between 2006 and 2020: visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations. And researchers also did two types of comparison: first they examined opioid-related harms among workers in the ODSS as compared to their counterparts in the general population, and then compared opioid-related harms between workers within the ODSS.
The top six occupations in that category included construction and trades, materials handling, processing, machining, service, and transport equipment operating. Service refers to those in the food and beverage industry, including chefs, cooks, bartenders, waitresses, hotel managers, and janitors and cleaners.
For the second analysis — comparing workers in the ODSS to the general population — Sritharan said many of the same or similar trends play out. “Consistently, we see that workers in the ODSS in Northern Ontario were at higher risk of experiencing each type of harm compared to all other workers in the ODSS,” she said.
Alongside physical injury, a worker’s mental health may also suffer, she noted, which could make them more likely to use opioids.
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