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  • 40% of accommodation and food services time loss injuries were musculoskeletal in 2007.
  • Almost half (45%) of injured workers are 15 to 24 years old
  • In accommodation and food services, 22% of time loss injuries are injuries to the fingers with an additional 18% of injuries to the back including spine and spinal cord and another 15% to hands/wrists, except fingers.
  • Distinctive to this sector is the fact that young workers, 15 to 24 years old, incur 45% of the injuries, compared to 17% in all sectors.
  • The restaurant industry in Manitoba employs approximately 35,000 people, of which 75% are between the ages of 16 and 25.
  • In the restaurant sector, 47.2% of their claims are for hand injuries.
  • Machines account for about 10% of all time loss hand injuries.
  • More than 25% of all hand injuries occur to young workers age 15-24.
  • In 2002 alone, Manitoba workers reported over eight thousand hand injuries to the Workers Compensation Board, totalling close to 43 000 days lost from work.
  • Almost one of every four workplace injuries is hand related (23%).

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