The Manitoba (Canada) Trucking Association announced recently it will establish a safety association to help reduce worker injury and illness in the province’s commercial transportation industry. The new safety association will focus its efforts on prevention in partnership with SAFE Work Manitoba.
“We recognize the significant contribution that safety associations make to their industries,” said Minister of Labor and Immigration Erna Braun.”I applaud the Manitoba Trucking Association on taking this important step to enhance the safety and health of its industry members.”
The new safety association will promote sound safety and health practices, and provide leadership in advancing a culture of safety in the trucking industry. It will develop and deliver safety and health training, programs and services for trucking companies.
Each year, about 1,100 people are injured in Manitoba’s trucking industry. As well as taking a tremendous human toll, these injuries create an estimated $90 million annually in direct and indirect costs to the industry.
Manitoba’s Five-Year Plan for Injury and Illness Prevention calls for the development of more industry-based safety associations. The Manitoba Trucking Safety Association is the second safety association to be established in the province in 20 years.
Author Kori Shafer-Stack, Editor, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. is an expert in post-injury response procedures and part of the Amaxx team helping companies reduce their workers compensation costs by 20% to 50%. www.reduceyourworkerscomp.com. Contact: kstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.
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