A 3-year plan outlines targets and actions that will help reduce higher numbers in 4 injury priority areas: work-related motor vehicle collisions, asbestos exposure, falls from heights and firefighter cancer exposure.

Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan says part of their strategy will be an education and awareness program, and part of it will be increasing targeted interventions through Occupational Health and Safety.

OHS officers will work with employers and industries that have the greatest risks.

Over the last few years there have been approximately 30 workplace deaths in the province, except last year when there were 48.

From 2011 to 2018, there were 354 deaths for workers who died on the job or as a result of their job. (CKRM)