In Ontario alone, there were 11,928 recorded injuries as a result of workplace falls in 2017, according to a report generated through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. That number, the most up to date information related to working at heights, is up from each of the two previous years and underscores the great importance of making sure your employees have the most hands-on and effective Working At Heights training.
To prevent your team from becoming another statistic, trust the experts at ACUTE for your Working At Heights Ontario training today.
Most Up-To-Date Working At Heights Statistics 2018
Below is a list of 8,873 recorded injuries that came as a result of working at heights in 2017, broken down by industry sector. For the purpose of this article, we have removed injuries that affected those working for Schedule 2 organizations, which, according to the WSIB, “are not grouped into economic or industry sectors” as these employers must individually pay the total costs of benefits for their injured employees.
Working At Heights – Fall Statistics, 2017
- Services – 2868
- Health Care – 1253
- Construction – 1250
- Manufacturing – 1118
- Transportation – 1035
- Food – 234
- Agriculture – 213
- Automotive – 212
- Education – 184
- Municipal – 174
- Chemicals/Process – 140
- Electrical – 79
- Mining – 37
- Forestry – 33
- Primary Metals – 22
- Pulp & Paper – 21
TOTAL FALLS = 11,928
If you work in one of these five sectors, therefore, you’re most at risk when working at heights.
Statistics courtesy: http://www.wsibstatistics.ca/
Trust ACUTE for Working At Heights Training
ACUTE can provide training on-site at our best-in-class facility, or ACUTE trainers can come to your workplace for a variety of flexible options that continue to help clients meet their most pressing health and safety challenges. You can all of the ACUTE’s Working At Heights courses in 2 days or 16 hours of training.
Working At Heights Ontario Training
ACUTE’s Working At Height training program has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development’s Working At Heights Training Program Standard and the Working At Heights Training Provider Standard. The ACUTE Working At Heights training provides both theoretical and hands-on practical training and evaluation facilitated by highly skilled and competent instructors.
If you will be Working At Heights, you must be properly trained.
Objective: The purpose of a Working At Heights training program is to:
- Strengthen workplace safety culture – By elevating the profile and importance of preventing falls from heights.
- Knowledge and Safety Practices – Provide workers who may be exposed to the hazard of falling with adequate knowledge about fall hazards and general safety practices to work safely at heights.
- Purpose and Use of Equipment – Provide workers who use personal fall protection equipment with sufficient knowledge about its purpose and use; and,
- Incident Reduction – Reduce the number of fall-from-heights incidents, injuries, and fatalities.
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Be as safe as possible while Working At Heights with training from ACUTE.
What You Get From ACUTE
- Open Door Instructor-Student Partnerships – ACUTE’s training services emphasize client participation. Staff want to build a relationship with a client and serve as a touchstone for advice anytime moving forward.
- Serving Your Team and Industry – With a vast array of clients in manufacturing, construction, health, academic, and government sectors, ACUTE brings the best safety practices from across the spectrum to your workplace.
- 100 Years of Combined Experience – ACUTE provides comprehensive health and safety training, on-site safety services and consulting services. With over 100 years of combined experience, our company staff offer more than theoretical or abstract ideas. ACUTE offers solutions.
- Track Record of Success – ACUTE is rated 4.9/5 stars on Google reviews, demonstrating a commitment to our clients, quality, and passion for training.
Contact us today for quality training in your workplace or on-site at ACUTE’s proven training facilities!
“I was dreading the idea of having to spend 8 hours doing the mandated Working at Heights training. I began the training with the expectation that it would be dry and common sense. What I experienced was just the opposite. The training was extremely interesting and much more informative than I expected. Mike is a gifted presenter whose passion for this work and expertise in his field is obvious. If you need safety training of any kind, be sure to use ACUTE. We will most certainly be repeat clients for our business safety training needs.”
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ACUTE is located in Waterloo, Ontario and services customers from the cities such as Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Milton, Kitchener, London and Guelph as well as a large list of other cities from across Ontario.
