Abstract

Each year, one in 15 Canadians is injured on the job. The researchers want to shed light on the individual and contextual determinants of occupational injuries in Canada and Quebec. They also want to explore joint sector-based association (JSA) prevention counsellors’ perception of factors of injury occurrence and the OHS risk management process used to mitigate them. The research covers three phases.

In phase 1, the researchers will concentrate on occupation as risk factor, based on data of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2005). JSA counsellors will then be asked to validate the collected information using questionnaires. Next, they will explore the links between industry and occupational injuries and their risks. Determinants of industrial accident incidence will be studied in phase 3. Analyses of data from the National Population Health Survey (1994-2008) and the National Work Injury/Disease and Fatality Statistics Program (1994-2008) will explain the respective contribution of these determinants to the incidence of accidents.

The information collected should clarify the individual and contextual determinants of occupational injuries. The researchers can ultimately target at-risk worker groups and form research partnerships and knowledge transfer activities with JSAs.