For the period 2006 to 2015 there were 102 fatal accidents which occurred in the workplace and the construction industry was cited as having the highest number of fatalities as it recorded 33 fatal accidents for that period.
Saying that one death in the workplace was one too many, president of the Industrial Court Deborah Thomas-Felix, in delivering her remarks at the court’s opening yesterday, expressed concern that 102 workplace deaths occurred over nine years.
Mental, emotional and psychological stress in the workplace, she added, also contributed to a poor work environment.
The sector with the highest number of non-fatal accidents was the manufacturing sector with the lowest figure at 249 in 2014 and the highest 555 in 2008.
Source: The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper