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Statistics for Fishing
Statistical Overview for 2007-2011
Injury Rate
Injury rates for fishing are not calculated because WorkSafeBC does not estimate person years for the fishing CUs.
Claims and Employment, 2007-2011
Since WorkSafeBC does not estimate person years for the fishing CUs, the number of Fisher Registration Cards purchased in a year from Fisheries and Oceans Canada has been used as a proxy for employment.
The number of Fisher Registration Cards issued has decreased 9% from 6,690 to 6,117 over the period from 2007 to 2011, while the number of Non-Health Care Only (Non-HCO) claims has decreased 28% during the five year period. More recently, between 2010 and 2011, the number of Fisher Registration Cards decreased by approximately 2%, while the number of Non-HCO claims reduced by 5%.
| Year | Fisher Registration Cards | Non-HCO Claims |
| 2007 | 6,690 | 132 |
| 2008 | 5,984 | 97 |
| 2009 | 6,055 | 88 |
| 2010 | 6,270 | 100 |
| 2011 | 6,117 | 95 |
* Fishing CUs: 702003, 702005, 702006, 702007, 702008, 702009, and 702010
Prepared by: Business Information & Analysis (BIA), March 2012
Source: BIA Datamart as of February 2012 and Fisheries and Oceans Canada
STD Duration, 2007-2011
During the five year period, STD Duration for Fishing has averaged approximately 3 times higher than that for all BC industries.
| Year | Fishing CUs | All BC |
| 2007 | 134 | 46 |
| 2008 | 147 | 48 |
| 2009 | 174 | 55 |
| 2010 | 176 | 59 |
| 2011 | 139 | 60 |
* Fishing CUs: 702003, 702005, 702006, 702007, 702008, 702009, and 702010
Prepared by: Business Information & Analysis (BIA), March 2012
Source: BIA Datamart as of February 2012 and Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Accepted Fatal Claims, 2007-2011
Between 2007 and 2011, ten fatal claims have been accepted for Fishing. Many of the fatalities were drownings.
* Fishing CUs: 702003, 702005, 702006, 702007, 702008, 702009, and 702010
Prepared by: Business Information & Analysis (BIA), March 2012
Source: BIA Datamart as of February 2012 and Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Serious Injury Claims, 2007-2011
Between 2007 and 2011, 348 serious injuries were accepted in Fishing. The most common accident types that result in serious injuries include: water vehicle accident, struck by object, overexertion, and caught in or compressed by equipment or objects.
* Fishing CUs: 702003, 702005, 702006, 702007, 702008, 702009, and 702010
Prepared by: Business Information Analysis (BIA), March 2012
Source: BIA Datamart as of February 2012 and Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Claim Characteristics, 2007-2011 SLF Claims
| Accident Type | Count | % of Total |
| Water vehicle accident | 231 | 41% |
| Struck by object | 81 | 14% |
| Overexertion | 63 | 11% |
| Repetitive motion | 30 | 5% |
| Others | 123 | 22% |
| Total | 559 | 100% |
| Nature of Injury | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Other strains | 108 | 19% |
| Fractures | 93 | 17% |
| Laceration | 91 | 16% |
| Back strain | 56 | 10% |
| Contusion | 47 | 8% |
| Others | 164 | 29% |
| Total | 559 | 100% |
| Body Part | Count | % of Total |
| Wrist, fingers & hand | 171 | 31% |
| Back | 64 | 11% |
| Shoulders | 46 | 8% |
| Knee | 40 | 7% |
| Chest | 35 | 6% |
| Others | 203 | 36% |
| Total | 559 | 100% |
| Source of Injury | Count | % of Total |
| Vehicles | 252 | 45% |
| Animal products, Food products | 45 | 8% |
| Bodily motion | 37 | 7% |
| Machines | 35 | 6% |
| Hand tools | 32 | 6% |
| Others | 158 | 28% |
| Total | 559 | 100% |
| Occupation | Count | % of Total |
| Fishing vessel skippers and fishermen/women | 317 | 57% |
| Fishing vessel deckhands | 138 | 25% |
| Deck crew, water transport | 27 | 5% |
| Commercial divers | 20 | 4% |
| Fish plant workers | 9 | 2% |
| Others | 48 | 9% |
| Total | 559 | 100% |
| Gender | Count | % of Total |
| Male | 531 | 95% |
| Female | 24 | 4% |
| Unknown | 4 | 1% |
| Total | 559 | 100% |
| Age | Count | % of Total |
| 15-24 | 72 | 13% |
| 25-34 | 102 | 18% |
| 35-44 | 122 | 22% |
| 45-54 | 140 | 25% |
| 55-64 | 86 | 15% |
| 65+ | 37 | 7% |
| Total | 559 | 100% |
*Fishing CUs: 702003, 702005, 702006, 702007, 702008, 702009, and 702010
Prepared by: Business Information & Analysis (BIA), March 2012
Source: BIA Datamart as of February 2012 and Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Definitions
Injury Rate: The number of Non-HCO claims per one hundred Person Years -- shows the rate of injuries.
Person Years: Estimated number of employed full time equivalents (FTEs) based on Assessable Payroll and StatsCan data.
Non-HCO Claims: Total number of Non-Health-Care only (Non-HCO) claims. A Non-HCO claim must have a short term disability (STD), long term disability (LTD) or survivor benefit in the year of injury or in the 3 months following the year of injury.
STD Duration: STD (Short-term Disability) Duration represents an estimate of the average number of STD Days paid for each STD claim. It is calculated according to the methodology developed by the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC), and is based on all STD days paid in the 12-month period ending in the reference month including days lost on injuries that occurred prior to the start of the 12-month period. Days arising from rehabilitation payments are excluded from the calculation.
Accepted Fatal Claims: Number of claims for which a first survivor benefit (fatal reserve or cash award) was awarded in the year, regardless of the year of injury.
Serious Injury Claims: A Serious Injury is defined as a claim with an STD, LTD, or Fatal benefit payment in the period consisting of the month of injury or the following 3 months that has at least one of the following: 1) 28 or more STD days lost in the period; 2) Healthcare costs in the period equivalent to 28 days of STD costs; 3) a Fatal benefit paid in the period; 4) one of the 275 ICD9 Medical Diagnosis codes assigned which have been designated as Serious Injuries.
STD/LTD/FTL (SLF) Claims: A claim is counted as a short term disability (STD), long term disability (LTD), or fatality if the claim had the first short term disability (STD) benefit, long term disability (LTD) benefit, or survivor benefit (fatal reserve set or cash award) made in the year, regardless of the year of injury.
Accident Type: Accident Type is a classification of an accident or exposure that describes the manner in which the injury or disease was produced or inflicted.
Nature of Injury: Nature of Injury is a classification of the injury or illness in terms of its principal physical characteristics.
Body Part: Body Part is a classification of a body part or bodily system, directly affected by an injury or disease identified in the nature of injury classification.
Source of Injury: Source of Injury is a classification of the object, substance, exposure, or bodily motion that directly produced, transmitted, or inflicted the injury or illness.
Occupation: Occupation is a collection of jobs, sufficiently similar in work performed to be grouped under a common title for classification purposes. A job, in turn, encompasses all the tasks carried out by a particular worker to complete his/her duties.
Age Range: Pre-defined injured worker age categories are used to group STD/LTD/FTL Claims that are coded with injured worker age at the time of injury.
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