The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada

Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. ThePolitical Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals howemployers and governments engage in ineffective injury preventionefforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain standardlegitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlightingthe way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pourbillions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining thisdynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on toworkers in the form of workplace injuries.