Table 1

COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims, full-time equivalent (FTE) hours at the workplace and rate of COVID-19 claims per 1000 FTEs

VariableClaimsFTE hours of exposureRate per 1000 FTEsLow CIHigh CI
Public-facing occupation
 No15 4352 125 2947.267.157.38
 Yes27 773942 37929.4729.1329.82
Primary work location
 Primarily outdoors736179 7164.103.814.40
 Mixed-often outdoors1025180 9415.665.336.02
 Mixed-often indoors5984552 65110.8310.5611.11
 Primarily indoors35 4092 154 36416.4416.2716.61
Proximity of other workers
 Not close66441 226 8505.425.295.55
 Somewhat close1568344 3414.554.334.78
 Close1620244 8746.626.306.95
 Very close33 3151 251 60726.6226.3326.91
Combined risk
 Low63471 162 8445.465.335.59
 Medium5289751 3027.046.857.23
 High31 5481 153 52627.3527.0527.65
Industry
 Healthcare23 281248 09693.8492.6495.05
 Non-healthcare19 9272 819 5767.076.977.17
Age group
 15–243269417 0577.847.578.11
 25–3410 402726 48314.3214.0514.60
 35–449904637 81215.5315.2315.84
 45–5410 437655 30215.9315.6216.24
 55+9196631 01914.5714.2814.87
Sex
 Male16 8221 933 2198.708.578.83
 Female26 3861 134 45323.2622.9823.54
Wave
 1: April 2020–August 20205130507 59610.119.8310.39
 2: September 2020–February 202113 264751 64217.6517.3517.95
 3: March 2021–June 2021 (Alpha)7149492 65114.5114.1814.85
 4: July 2021–November 2021 (Delta)1329697 3131.911.812.01
 5: December 2021–April 2022 (Omicron)16 336618 47026.4126.0126.82
Overall cases among the Ontario population 20–69 years of age
WaveCasesDaysCases per dayLow CIHigh CI
 1: April 2020–August 202026 434153173171175
 2: September 2020–February 2021198 827181109810941103
 3: March 2021–June 2021 (Alpha)179 137122146814621475
 4: July 2021–November 2021 (Delta)51 580153337334340
 5: December 2021–April 2022 (Omicron)481 574151318931803198
  • Ontario: 1 April 2020 to 30 April 2022.