Comments on: Working to attract, retain apprentices a skilled job in and of itself /joc/news/usa/2023/06/working-to-attract-retain-apprentices-a-skilled-job-in-and-of-itself Canada's construction news Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 By: Gavan Jude Power Howe /joc/news/usa/2023/06/working-to-attract-retain-apprentices-a-skilled-job-in-and-of-itself#comment-49439 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:24:20 +0000 /?p=315992#comment-49439 Has Minister McNaughton been tracking apprentice injuries and fatalities in hazardous construction work such as the electrical and residential carpentry trades since Doug Ford loosened apprentice ratios in January 2022?
If so, it’s time to share the injury and fatality data.
If not, why not?

OSHA (US, 2019) states falls were the #1 cause of death and injury on construction sites with Roofers (#3), Carpenters (#4) and Electricians (#5) having the highest number of fatalities amongst all construction workers. Having researched construction death and injury for almost 2 decades, and having taught Occupational Health and Safety to Ontario college students, I know students and apprentices get solid technical and safety training at school, yet the all important, ‘safe work practices’ and training takes place on the job site under the watchful eyes of many seasoned journeymen.

How are we keeping all these new apprentices and new, foreign-trained journeymen/women safe on our busy construction sites?

Professor Gavan Howe PhD Human and Organizational Systems (ret.)

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