Health and Safety Statistics 2008

2008 Summary for Sawmills
Lost-time injuries in sawmills dropped 59% to 109 in 2008 compared to 255 in 2007. The LTI frequency rate also fell sharply, from 3.81 to 2.5 injuries per 200,000 hours worked. But days lost because of injuries nevertheless rose 10%, from 90,788 days in 2007 to 98,230 in 2008, and the injury severity rate increased from 1,268 days lost per 200,000 hours worked in 2007 to 1,778 in 2008. Hours worked in sawmills declined from 14.3 million in 2007 to 11 million in 2008.

No-lost-time injuries in sawmills dropped to 575 in 2008 from 866 the year before. The NLTI frequency rate fell from 12.10 in 2007 to 10.41 in 2008.

181 (63%) of the 286 sawmill firms reported zero lost-time injuries in 2007. 13 of the 55 sawmill firms that employed 20 or more full-time equivalent workers in 2007 experienced zero LTIs.

Strains, sprains and tears were the most common sawmill injuries in 2007, accounting for 37% of LTIs, up from 31% the year before, followed by fractures (15%), bruises/contusions (13%), cuts/lacerations (7%), and inflammation and irritation of joints and tendons (3%). Being struck by or against an object was the most common cause of injuries (28%), followed by repetitive motion (20%), caught in or by equipment or an object (11%), falls on the same level (9%) and bodily reaction (9%).

The most frequently injured sawmill employees were labourers and material handlers (43%), machine operators (19%) millwrights and mechanics (9%).

2008 Firm-by-Firm Tables for Sawmills
Statistical Charts for Sawmills

2008 summary for all forestry sectors
2008 summary for logging
2008 summary for veneer/plywood
2008 summary for silviculture and other forestry services

 

 

 

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