Research

WorkSafe Saskatchewan regularly funds projects to research preventing or reducing the risk of occupational illnesses and disabilities. Many of these projects are jointly funded with other workers' compensation boards in Canada.

Research projects sponsored by WorkSafe

Developing a Safety Climate: Shared assumpitons and interventions (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
Alberta Back Pain Initiative Study: Evaluation of a Population Based Social Marketing Intervention for the Prevention of Disability Associated with Back Pain (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
Economic Evaluation Workbook for Workplace Parties in the Healthcare Sector: Final Report (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
Identifying Risk Factors of Falls among BC’s Healthcare Workers (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
Implementation and Evaluation of a Safety Culture in Residential Care (PDF)
(Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
Inter-rater Reliability Assessment of an OH&S Management Audit Tool for Healthcare (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
Nurses’ Experience of Workplace Violence: Towards Effective Intervention (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
Population-based Survey of Beliefs about Neck and Upper Extremity Injuries (PDF) Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)

Saskatchewan-based research

Vibration in the Workplace (PDF)
(Conducted by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment & Labour and Motor Safety Association)

Other online resources

Institute for Work & Health
The Institute for Work and Health has an online reference database that includes more than 500 journal articles, reports, books and book chapters written by IWH scientists.

WorkSafe BC
WorkSafe BC has funded or co-funded over 160 research projects, which are available for viewing from their website.

News

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Upcoming Events

February 28, 2012 - February 28, 2012

Claims Management Workshop

The Motor Safety Association's workshop will walk you through the Claims Management process, describing each party's role (employer, worker, health care provider and the WCB) from the moment the incident takes place to the return to work.

March 15, 2012 - March 15, 2012

Bridging the Gap

May 31, 2012 - June 2, 2012

CARWH 2012

WorkSafeBC is proud to host the

Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health's 2012 conference. A biennial event, CARWH 2012 will focus on innovation in occupational health and safety research, bringing together research experts and research users to expand and advance the dialogue on these topics.

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