ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – According to the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WHSCC), Newfoundland and Labrador’s workers’ compensation board, the province’s lost-time-injury rate remained at an all-time low for the third straight year in 2014. According to a press release that the WHSCC sent out on April 28, N.L.’s lost-time-incidence rate has reached a plateau of 1.6 per 100 workers. This low is the latest result of a continual decrease from 1989 to 2012, from a high of 5.2. The rate for workers aged between 15 and 24 has also reached a plateau, at 1.5, as has the rate for soft-tissue injuries, at 1.1; the release also claimed that 92.2 per cent of the province’s employers reported no injuries in 2014, a slight improvement from the previous year. “While our ultimate goal would be to not have any workplace injuries [in] our province, the historic low we are currently experiencing is very encouraging,” Sandy Collins, Minister responsible for the WHSCC, said in a press statement. “It is incumbent upon us… to continue to build upon our efforts to date to promote safe work habits and create even more awareness around how to prevent workplace injuries.” The WHSCC also reported that N.L. saw 29 fatalities in 2014, 11 from workplace accidents and 18 from occupational diseases.