City hall conducted the same number of safety incident investigations involving staff during this year’s second quarter as last year’s Q2, although three areas did decline by double-digit percentages year over year.
From April 1 to June 30, the human resources department pursued 32 incident investigations involving city employees, including three related to first aid, two for dangerous occurrences, four for no-loss time, four for near misses, five for motor vehicle accidents, 11 for property damages and three for incidents involving a non-employee.
In comparison, during Q2 2022, the department conducted 32 investigations, including 11 for first aid, two for loss-time injury, two for no-loss time, six for motor vehicle accidents, and 11 for property damage, according to a report presented during the Aug. 28 regular council meeting.
Therefore, year over year, first aid incidents decreased by 83 per cent, property damage issues saw no change, motor vehicle accidents declined by 17 per cent, no-time loss and lost-time injury fell by a combined 40 per cent, near misses fell by 400 per cent (four to zero), dangerous occurrences increased by 200 per cent (zero to two), and non-employee-related episodes increased by 300 per cent (zero to three).
Therefore, safety incidents (25) were the main issue between April and June, followed by ergonomic situations (five) and psychosocial problems (two).
Meanwhile, from Jan. 1 to June 30, there were 77 safety-related incidents that city hall recorded, compared to 83 during the same period last year.
The transit department had the most incidents during the first six months of this year at 22, followed by streets and roads with 19 and water/wastewater and parks and rec tying for 12 incidents, the report added.
Labour relations
From April 1 to June 30, HR received one new grievance each from CUPE and Unifor, while CUPE withdrew two grievances and an arbitrator worked to produce a decision after a hearing, the report said.
As of June 30, there were 11 active CUPE grievances and one active Unifor complaint, totalling 12. This is a decrease from 14 grievances during the first quarter of this year.
Demographics
At the end of the second quarter, 378 employees were working for the City of Moose Jaw, compared to 372 during the same period last year, the report said.
By years of experience, there were:
- 51.7 per cent had under five years with the city
- 16.5 per cent with five and 10 years
- 11.6 per cent with 10 to 15 years
- 8.2 per cent with 15 to 20 years
- 6.2 per cent with 20 to 25 years
- 5.9 per cent with more than 25 years
By age, there were:
- 12.1 per cent were under 20
- 19.5 per cent were 20 to 30
- 22.1 per cent were 30 to 40
- 22.4 per cent were 40 to 50
- 14.7 per cent were 50 to 60
- 9.3 per cent were over 60
Also, men comprised 59.4 per cent of the city’s workforce and women comprised 40.6 per cent.
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Sept. 11.
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