Prevention Campaigns
At the WCB, we believe that work-related injuries do not have to happen.
To spread this important message, the WCB is involved in public education initiatives aimed at raising awareness of workplace health and safety and injury prevention.
- Make Safety your First Move
- Your Hearing Matters - Don't wait until it's too late
- Don't Become the Worst-Case Scenario
- Return to Well - Robert's Story
- Workplace Wellness
Make Safety your First Move
In everyday life, we make safe choices without a second thought. We buckle our seatbelts, look both ways before crossing the street, and lock our doors before leaving home.
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The Make Safety Your First Move campaign draws a connection between these everyday habits and the actions that keep us safe at work. It reminds us that following procedures, wearing the right protective equipment, and speaking up about hazards should be just as natural and routine as buckling a seatbelt. By making safety our first move, we help protect ourselves and those around us, every day. |
Your Hearing Matters - Don't wait until it's too late
The sounds of work. The sounds of life. But without hearing protection these sounds could face forever. Noise induced hearing loss is permanent – but it’s preventable. Use hearing protection before it’s too late. Your hearing matters. Protect it today.Learn more about noise hazards.
Don't Become the Worst-Case Scenario
DON’T become the worst-case scenario. When work sites are not inspected, corners are cut on training, or the right personal protective equipment is not worn, the worst thing can happen…workers can be catastrophically injured or killed.In the past three years, there have been multiple fines levied for improper asbestos management, unsafe work practices while trenching, and unsafe work at heights. As a result, the WCB developed the campaign, Don’t Become the Worst-Case Scenario, to raise awareness of the importance of workplace safety.
There is always time to follow safe work procedures and comply with your workplace health and safety obligations. Learn more about working at heights, asbestos, and excavation and trenching:
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Return to Well - Robert's Story
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Return to Well - Robert's Story |
Workplace Wellness
Worker health plays a direct role in the overall success of an organization. Creating a healthy workplace motivates workers, reduces absenteeism, and lowers the risk of workplace injuries and accidents.The purpose of worker wellness programs is to improve workers’ health and well-being, often through preventive care. Goals can include preventing and managing chronic diseases to lower their health and economic burden, improving worker morale and motivation, and improving workers’ quality of life.
Implementing a worker wellness program helps workers to adopt behaviours that improve their health, creating a happier, healthier workforce. Not only does the workplace affect the well-being of workers, but the health of workers affects the success of the organization.
Wellness programs can include smoking cessation, weight loss education, fitness challenges, healthy eating education, providing facts on the benefits of drinking water and of walking, wellness clinics, employee and family assistance programs, and many other plans designed to increase the overall health of an individual.
Why Wellness is Important
Wellness is an active process of making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Wellness is especially important as we age because regular exercise and proper nutrition can help prevent a variety of ailments including cardiovascular disease, obesity and fall risk behaviours.
Learn more about the importance of workplace wellness from the CCOHS resources below:
- Workplace Health Program Guide
- Workplace Health and Well-being Promotion - Getting Started
- Workplace Health and Well-being - Sample Workplace Health and Well-being Program Elements
If you would like more information about our prevention campaigns, please contact us.
