The Employee and Labour Relations Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.         City Council receive the 3rd Quarter and Year-to-Date 2013 Occupational Health and Safety Report.

This report provides information on the status of the City’s health and safety system, specifically on activities, priorities and performance during and up to the end of the third quarter of 2013.

There was a 16.2% decrease in the number of lost time injuries (LTIs), a 38.9% decrease in the number of recurrences and a 0.7% increase in the number of medical aid only injuries during the first three quarters of 2013 relative to 2012. 

WSIB invoiced costs for the first three quarters of 2013 were $18.1 million. This was $1.5 million lower than for the same time period in 2012. This decrease was achieved in part as a result of a reduction in firefighter cancer costs. The overall WSIB costs include a significantly higher Administration rate for 2013 (35.8% from 27.6%) as well as an adjustment to the 2012 administration rate invoiced to the City in July 2013 in the amount of $792,000.

There are no financial impacts to this report.