Struck-by Awareness Week

IHSA’s Struck-by Awareness Week helps eliminate and control struck-by hazards at Ontario workplaces. The campaign will take place from April 20 to 24, 2026.

The term “struck-by” describes the injuries that occur when workers are hit—or struck—by tools, materials, equipment, or vehicles. Just like falls, struck-by incidents are a leading and preventable cause of injuries and fatalities in the construction, transportation, electrical utilities, and aggregates industries.

Download a PDF version of IHSA’s Struck-by Prevention Toolkit (W017) to get started.

Prevent struck-by incidents

Preventing struck-by incidents can save lives and support long-term health, safety, and well-being at the workplace. From 2021 to 2025, there were 906 critical injuries and 26 fatalities resulting from struck-by incidents in Ontario construction workplaces. Struck-by incidents occur at the same rate in most construction subsectors, according to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development.

In 2025, Ontario construction workplaces experienced:

• 149 critical struck-by injuries
• 1 fatality and 11 critical injuries resulting from vehicle and equipment struck-by incidents
• 0 fatalities and 1 critical injury resulting from a trench-related struck-by incident

Participate in Struck-by Awareness Week

You can bring Struck-by Awareness Week to your workplace in a few different ways:

• Use IHSA’s Struck-by Prevention Toolkit (W017) and the schedule below to plan daily activities
• Organize a site safety stand down with a focus on site-specific struck-by hazards and how to effectively control them
• Plan a moment of silence to pay respect to the workers who did not return home after a workplace incident