The Saskatchewan Association for Safe Workplaces in Health is the latest of seven provincial safety associations to sign a new funding agreement with the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board.

The WCB currently funds seven industry-based safety associations. All follow a strategic planning process and report on their results against their plans to industry and the WCB. Safety associations are funded through an extra levy on the premium rates of employers within specific rate codes.

Total injury rates for industries with safety associations have decreased from 5.46 per cent in 2016 to 4.74 per cent in 2020.

The Total injury rate in the health-care industry, which includes the health authority, hospitals and care homes, has decreased from 2016 to 2020. Their Total injury rate was 7.17 per 100 workers in 2020, compared to 7.96 per 100 workers in 2016. This represents a decrease of 9.92 per cent.