Safety

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 SAFER

With highlights of the Institute for Work and Health’s Union Safety Effect study, this file is ideal for sharing with clients and members of your organization.

IWH STUDY ON UNION SAFETY EFFECT

A groundbreaking new study by the Institute for Work & Health reports evidence that unionized construction firms in Ontario are safer than non-union firms.

Source: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine – Protecting Construction Worker Health and Safety in Ontario, Canada: Identifying a Union Safety Effect.

SAFETY INFOGRAPHIC

For a handy reference tool that illustrates the highlights of the Union Safety Effect report, download our Safety Infographic. It’s full of facts from the study and demonstrates why Unionized Construction Works.

SAFE WORKSITES SAVE MONEY!

The average Ontario WSIB claim represents a direct cost of $19,560. Total direct and indirect costs of a lost-time injury amount to $98,000 per WSIB claim.

Source: Health & Safety Ontario Network Magazine: Don’t Fall for Fall Hazards

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DIRECT COSTS

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INDIRECT COSTS

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FULL-TIME WORKER (SAFETY) CO-CHAIR

Labour and their contractor partners set high standards for safety. Our Full-Time Worker (Safety) Co-Chair best practice makes certain that construction jobsites are safe work places. This innovative best practice ensures safety remains a top priority over the lifetime of a project – another reason why Unionized Construction Works.

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MILLION

The unionized construction industry invests over $40 million each year in safety, apprenticeship and skills upgrading training thereby sustaining an incredibly well-trained, safe workforce.

Source: Prism Economics & Dr. Morley Gunderson, Completion Counts: Raising Apprenticeship Completion Rates in Ontario’s Construction Industry, May 2013

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Our involvement as a contractor in the owner-labour-contractor collaborative forums offered by the unionized construction industry has improved productivity and reduced risk to our projects with the adoption of best practices – like the Full-time Worker (Safety) Co-Chair – and has provided a better understanding of, and response to our clients’ needs. Chuck Gibson, Matrix North American Construction