1. One person year is equivalent to one full-time worker working 2,000 hours in a year.
   
2. Claims which an occupational injury or disease disables the worker causing either: a) time-lost from work and/or b) modifications of the worker's normal work duties.
   
3. Calculated by dividing the number of disabling injuries by the person-years worked estimate, and multiplying the result by 100.
   
4. "Under Review" indicates data for unreported years are being verified.
   
5. Calculated by dividing the number of lost-time claims by the person-years worked estimate, and multiplying the result by 100.
   
6. Fatalities resulting from motor vehicle and workplace incidents, and occupational diseases, that have been accepted by the WCB for compensation.
   
7. Indicates whether an employer has had a Certificate of Recognition at any time during the year.
   
8. If the table is blank, the employer either has no injury data to report or is not insured by WCB.

This data is for the period between 2019 and 2023.

Year	Person Years Estimate 1	Disabling Injuries 2	DI Rate 3	Lost Time Claims	LTC Rate 5	Motor Vehicle Fatalities 6	Workplace Incident Fatalities 6	Occupational Disease Fatalities 6	COR 7
2019	6440.933	438	6.8	121	1.88	0	0	0	Yes
2020	6790.37	400	5.89	175	2.58	0	0	0	Yes
2021	7316.298	529	7.23	272	3.72	0	0	0	Yes
2022	7442.808	911	12.24	577	7.75	0	0	0	Yes
2023	8582.132	573	6.68	181	2.11	0	0	0	Yes
2023 Totals
Industry	54,869	2,277	4.15	1,112	2.03	0	0
Provincial	2,000,973	49,925	2.5	28,771	1.44	33	43	89

When an OHS officer observes that work is being carried out in a manner that is unhealthy or unsafe for workers, the officer may issue a stop work order. A stop work order requires that work is stopped immediately, and may apply to an entire work site, or to certain activities or areas of a work site. A stop work order is lifted when the requirements of the order are met.

This data is for the period between 2020 and 2025.

Order Issue Date	Legislation Applied	Type of Order	Contravention	Status	Site Party
Mar 18, 2020	OHS-Code-Part-7-Section-115	Order	Emergency Preparedness and Response-Emergency Response Plan	Compliance	Employer
May 08, 2020	OHS-Code-Part-2-Section-7	Order	Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control-Hazard Assessment	Compliance	Employer
Sep 04, 2020	OHS-Code-Part-2-Section-8	Order	Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control-Worker Participation	Compliance	Other
Oct 07, 2020	OHS-Code-Part-2-Section-7	Order	Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control-Hazard Assessment	Compliance	Employer
Apr 12, 2021	OHS-Code-Part-2-Section-7	Order	Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control-Hazard Assessment	Compliance	Employer
Apr 12, 2021	OHS-Code-Part-7-Section-116	Order	Emergency Preparedness and Response-Contents of Plan	Compliance	Employer
Jul 14, 2022	OHS-Code-Part-12-Section-189	Order	General Safety Precautions-Securing Equipment and Materials	Compliance	Employer
Mar 24, 2025	OHS-Act-Section-33	Order	Compliance and Enforcement-Serious injuries, illnesses, incidents and worker exposure to radiation	Compliance	Employer

An administrative penalty is a monetary penalty issued by OHS for non-compliance with OHS legislation. When an OHS officer observes either a contravention of OHS legislation or non-compliance with an order, acceptance or approval at a work site, the officer may refer a regulated work site party for an administrative penalty. Administrative penalty amounts are a maximum of $10,000 per day, per contravention.

OHS officers have authority to write immediate, on-the-spot tickets against employers who put health and safety of workers at risk.

Investigation

• Section 34 of Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act offers a way for an employer, contractor or prime contractor who wishes to achieve compliance through a different approach than complying with an existing requirement of the OHS Regulation or Code, to propose an alternative approach to protect the health and safety of workers.
• The OHS Act limits areas that can be considered for an acceptance. Alternative solutions that may be considered are alternatives for (i) tools, (ii) appliances, (iii) equipment, (iv) work processes, (v) first aid services, or (vi) first aid supplies or equipment. For an alternative approach to be acceptable, the proposed alternative MUST provide equal or greater protection to workers than that provided for by the original requirement of the OHS legislation.

An approval allows for a statutory Director to approve a process, equipment, standard, course or training agency, or an alternative to strict complicance with a specific legislated provision. Section 56 of the OHS Act covers approvals.

OHS can charge work site parties who violate Alberta occupational health and safety legislation. As a result of a court proceeding, if a judge determines the work site parties are guilty, the work site parties are convicted of the offence.