The Ontario government has announced a 20 per cent reduction in workplace injury rate over the last four years.

This good news was followed by the launch of a new four-year plan dubbed, Safe at Work Ontario, which outlines a new strategy for conducting workplace safety inspections based on the following criteria: injury rates and associate costs; a company’s compliance history; and the presence of young workers.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released a consultation paper discussing the issues of workplace violence with the possibility of amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act to clarify or enhance requirements pertaining to violence prevention in the workplace.

Alberta’s construction industry has the highest number of workplace fatality over the last 10 years, according to latest statistics from the province’s Ministry of Employment and Immigration.

The province of Ontario has met its goal of reducing workplace injuries by 20 per cent over a four-year period, according to Minister of Labour Brad Duguid, as he addressed thousands of health and safety professionals at the opening ceremony of Health and Safety Canada 2008.