Safety awareness campaigns help educate workers, employers and the public about specific workplace hazards, safe work practices, and the importance of creating a culture of workplace safety in PEI.
See our recent safety campaigns below:
- 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
- Getting Back is Part of Getting Better
- Workplace Wellness
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.
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 asbestos, excavation and trenching, and working at heights:
Return to Well - Robert's Story
The WCB assists workers in remaining at work, or returning to work, after a work-related injury or illness. Watch Robert's story to learn more about how a safe and timely return to work can benefit workers and employers.
Getting Back is Part of Getting Better
Staying active and connected to the workplace is an important part of recovery following an injury at work. The Workers Compensation Board of PEI is reminding workers and employers that getting back is part of getting better.
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.
Worker Wellness Programs are designed to support healthier lifestyles and foster overall well-being. By encouraging preventive care and healthy habits, these programs can help manage chronic conditions, enhance quality of life, and create a more positive workplace culture.
Not only does the workplace affect the well-being of workers, but the health of workers affects the success of the organization. Implementing a Worker Wellness Program helps workers to adopt behaviours that improve their health and creates a happier, healthier workforce.
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 Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) resources below: