The Personal Cost of Injury*
· 61% of injured workers were unemployed after injury
· Poverty rate among injured workers in Ontario more than double than the general population
· Nearly one in five injured workers (18%) on social assistance
· About 20% of respondents lost their home after injury
· 41% percent of injured workers had an annual income of less than $15,000.
· 64% of injured workers reported that they had used food banks
· One in five injured workers reported family breakdown in the wake of the injury
* Survey conducted June 2009 by the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups