The first year of Nova Scotia's pandemic has delivered good and bad news when it comes to workers injured on the job in 2020. There were a total of 4,997 time loss claims filed last year and 5,663 filed in 2019, a 12 per cent decrease. In 2020, the average amount of time injured workers were off the job was 178 days, up from the 147 day average in 2019. Stuart MacLean, board CEO, said the pandemic is partially to blame for the drop in injuries and the increase in time off the job. "So as a result, there's not as much opportunity for injured workers to get back to work.

Source: CBC News May 06, 2021 00:33 UTC