The Construction High Risk Strategy (HRS) is designed to reduce the construction industry’s serious injury rate and the high volume of claims by taking a “risk-based” approach. The construction general injury rate and serious injury rate are consistently higher than overall provincial injury rates. Serious injuries account for approximately 19 percent of claims in construction.
The focus of the 2021-2023 Construction HRS–>
- Falls from elevation
These injuries continue to drive the serious injury rate in construction. - Struck-by mobile equipment
Struck-by injuries also continue to drive the serious injury rate and are currently surpassing falls from elevation in the number of injury claims. - High voltage limits of approach
Working in proximity to high voltage power lines is a high risk work activity and inadequate controls continue to put workers at risk of serious injury or death during the construction phase of building structures and during ongoing maintenance of building structures. - Musculoskeletal and repetitive strain injuries (MSI and RSI)
Overexertion and repetitive strain injury are the main accident types driving the number of musculoskeletal injury claims in the construction industry.