New Assessment Rates for 2002 (PDF format 19KB)
December 2001
Assessment rates for most construction-related businesses will either decrease or remain the same for 2002. More than 70 per cent of construction-related classification units will see rates drop or remain constant for the next year. Of the 65 classification units in the construction industry, 21 will see their rate decrease. Another 25 will stay the same, and 19 classification units will see rate increases --of those, 14 will see an increase of less than 10 per cent. Only five units will see rates rise above 10 per cent.

Website Makes Injury Prevention Easier (PDF format 16KB)
November 2001
The WCB now has a website with all the construction injury prevention resources you need on-line. The new Health and Safety Centre for Construction was created to make it easy to find information about Board regulations, updates, news, publicationsand other injury prevention information.

Construction fatalities 1995-2001 (PDF format 20KB)
October 2001
This article graphically illustrates the most common causes of fatalities in the construction industry. The proportion of work-related deaths has been changing with single-incident deaths decreasing and work-related disease deaths increasing.

New Safety Measures Up and Running (PDF format 16KB)
September 2001
To help high-risk industries take ownership of health and safety issues in 1999 the Workers' Compensation Board's Panel of Administrators passed a resolution that facilitated the funding of external groups. This funding allows the formation of industry agencies that promote both the prevention of occupational injuries and disease through education and training and the awareness of the human and financial costs of accidents or disease in the sector.

New Workers in Construction (PDF format 16 KB)
August 2001
It makes good sense to give these new workers special attention. Why? WCB statistics show that 50% of fatalities to workers under the age of 24 occur in their first two weeks on the job.

Tower Cranes and Injury Rate, Training for Blasters, and New Safety Materials (PDF format 31KB)
July 2001
Topics covered in this article include: Tower Cranes and Injury Rate, Training for Blasters, and New Safety Materials.

Easier Access to Clearance Letters, and Directives under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (PDF format 16KB)
June 2001
Topics covered in this article include: Easier Access to Clearance Letters and Directives under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.