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Health Care

Health care Health care workers stay safe by following protocols and using protective equipment. Health Care Working in health care is rewarding. Ironically, health-care workers often get hurt while they help others heal. Below you will find a list of the most common risks to health-care workers. By far the most common injury reported in the health-care sector is back-related injuries and strains. Learning proper lifting techniques and knowing the risks goes a long way in helping you avoid injury. You can reduce the number and severity of back-related injuries by using safe work practices and the transfer, lift and reposition protocol that is appropriate for each patient or client. In Canada, some sixty thousand workers get injured annually due to slip, trip and fall accidents. Workers in the health-care sector are at [...]

Prevention

Next Generation Prevention Guidance, resources and education to prevent workplace psychological harm. Next generation prevention in workplace safety and prevention WorkSafe is adopting a next generation prevention approach to workplace safety and prevention. This is a holistic approach that leverages advanced technology and best practices to proactively manage and prevent a wide range of physical and psychosocial hazards in a rapidly evolving world of work. For more than 20 years, WorkSafe Saskatchewan, the injury prevention partnership between the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) and the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, has championed workplace safety in the province. Over this time, due to the efforts of workers, employers and safety leaders, Saskatchewan’s Time Loss injury rate has decreased by almost 70 per cent. But injuries and fatalities continue to happen in our workplaces. To take the next [...]