Workplace safety was a topic heard across the country on Sunday as Canada marked a National Day of Mourning to remember people who have been seriously injured or killed at work.
Last year in Manitoba, 39 people who left for work either did not come home or died due to a disease contracted on the job site.
There were 31,018 workplace injuries in 2012, according to the Manitoba Federation of Labour, and those are just the reported numbers.
“We know that there are more than that that aren’t reported. We have members and people who don’t belong to unions who comes to us who tell us so,” said Kevin Rebeck of the Manitoba Federation of Labour.
“But in their workplaces, there are cultures and sometimes employers, not many but some, who really encourage people to not report their claims.”
Manitoba Federation of Labour says the problem with not reporting an injury is increases the likelihood of an incident happening again.
It’s calling on Manitoba employers and the government to do more to enforce workplace safety rules.
“We have been seeing improvements over the years but those are staggering numbers. Those are the kind of numbers you hear in terms of a natural disaster and they need more attention and effort to make things safer so those numbers continue to come down,” said Rebeck.
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