Alberta Workplace Deaths by Cause

Alberta workplace deaths each year by cause, counted in the year the person died, 2018 to 2024. Occupational illness causes the most: 87 of 170 deaths in 2024. Workplace incidents caused 52 and motor vehicle incidents 31. COVID-19 caused 32 deaths in 2021 and none in 2023 or 2024. Accepted WCB-Alberta fatality claims, as summarised in the province's yearly report; the 2018 COVID-19 count was not published.