May 1-7 Health and Safety Week

According to WorkSafeBC, here is a typical year in statistics for BC in Public School Districts. The data wascollect between 2007-2012.

Facts about Public School Districts

• 60 school districts
• 90, 500 workers
• just under 1,600 time-loss claims
• just under 45, 000 lost days of work
• over $7.2 million claims costs

Who is getting injured in Public Schools?

• 28% Maintenance/custodial workers
• 22% Educational Assistants
• 15% Elementary school teachers
• 11% Secondary teachers
• 24% others (includes principals, vice principals, bus drivers,...)

How are they getting injured?

• 30% slips trips and falls
• 28% overexertion injuries
• 11% struck by an object (of which 22% of the time the person was struck by a student)
• 8% acts of violence and force
• 23% all other accident types

Demographics of Injured Workers

• 59% female, 41% male
• 10% under 35 years of age
• 21% 35-44 years of age
• 42% 45-54 years of age
• 26% over 54 years of age

The Result of Violence in Schools

• 67% of public school workers were educational assistants
• 15% were elementary teachers
• 9% were secondary teachers
• Over 50% of the public school workers getting injured as a result of violence were 45 years of age or older and 89% were female