Number of people employed in the Yukon in March 2006:
15,500.
Number employed in March ’07:
14,900.
Value of Yukon building permits in January ’07:
$2.2 million.
Value of Yukon building permits in January ’06:
$3.7 million.
Cost to run the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board in 1999:
$101,000.
Cost in 2005:
$279,000.
Number of accepted time-loss injuries in the Yukon in 1999:
417.
Number of accepted time-loss injuries in the Yukon in 2005:
445.
Amount of money the WCB paid the Contractor’s Safety Association in 2003:
$42,000.
Construction industry injuries in 2003:
159.
Amount the WCB paid the Contractor’s Safety Association in 2005:
$265,000.
Number of construction industry injuries in 2005:
230. (RM).