The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has released a report highlighting trends in injuries, illnesses, recovery and return to work in Ontario’s overall prevention system and industry sectors. By the Numbers: 2015 WSIB Statistical Report is updated annually and provides data and information about health and safety in Ontario’s workplaces.

“The 2015 By the Numbers report shows clearly that the vast majority of injured workers are recovering and returning to work within a month, and that is encouraging news,” said Thomas Teahen, the WSIB’s president and chief executive officer. “We are proud to be able to help injured workers resume their lives, support their families and loved ones and participate in their communities.”

The following were among the statistics featured in the report: return-to-work staff made more than 21,000 visits to Ontario workplaces in 2015; more than 91 per cent of injured workers were off loss-of-earnings benefits within one month of return-to-work staff involvement; the board served more than 5.3 million workers and more than 300,000 employers, registered almost 230,000 claims and issued $2.58 billion in benefit payments; and the overall lost-time injury (LTI) rate was less than one per cent in 2015, continuing a decade-long trend of Ontario having among the lowest LTI rates of any jurisdiction in Canada.

The report’s website has a new feature called Report Builder, a self-service tool that allows users to customize the WSIB information they need for building unique reports. This year marks the first time that the report includes statistics on occupational disease claims, the statement added.