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Objective : To investigate the incentive for primary and secondary prevention associated with experience rating in a retrospective workers' compensation program. Methods : Panel data on 21,558 firms from 1998 to 2007 were used to estimate the relationship between the degree of experience rating and seven measures of workplace occupational health and safety outcomes. We focused on the impact of a policy change in 2004 in which the degree of experience rating was substantially increased for all firms. Results: The 2004 increase in experience rating was associated with a reduction in the total...
« Santé et sécurité psychologiques en milieu de travail – Prévention, promotion et lignes directrices pour une mise en œuvre par étapes » est l’intitulé de la première norme nationale du Canada qui a été publiée par la Commission de la santé mentale du Canada et ses partenaires. Il s’agit d’une norme d’application volontaire qui vise à aider les milieux de travail à favoriser la santé et la sécurité psychologiques et à prévenir...
L’information suivante sur la législation et politique sur les accidents du travail a été mise à jour: Structure des lois canadiennes sur les accidents du travail; Entité / Conseil d'administration (Gouvernance) Pouvoirs, fonctions et juridiction Pouvoirs financiers / Rapport annuel Fonds / Réserves / Avoirs Procédures d’appel Droit d'action (et subrogation) Source : http://awcbc.org/fr/workerscompensationlegislationbytopic.asp
Government occupational health and safety systems no longer meet the challenges of today's workplaces, and policy-makers across Canada and the United States need to adopt a new approach, an OHS expert told a gathering at the Institute for Work and Health (IWH) in Toronto last week. Source : http://www.cos-mag.com/hygiene/hygiene-stories/speaker-at-ohs-lecture-calls-for-modernized-approach-to-prevention.html
WorkSafeBC has launched several interactive e-books for iPad, aimed at helping employers improve their health and safety training. Valuable information on a wide range of workplace health and safety topics is now available in the form of 18 free, interactive ebooks Source : http://www.worksafebc.com/news_room/Innovations/default.asp
An influx of temporary foreign workers into British Columbia’s mining sector is taking jobs from Canadian workers and making the mines more dangerous, according to the organizing body for British Columbia trade unions. In an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Bargaining Council of BC Building Trade Unions argues that the planned importation of Chinese workers this week by Canadian Dehua International Mines Group Inc. is a strategy for the companies to employ lower-paid employees who are not familiar with Canadian mine safety culture and regulations [...] Source: http://www...
Le groupe CSA, organisme important dans le développement de normes et fournisseur de services d'essais et de certification, annonce officiellement la première norme relative aux nanotechnologies de l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) adoptée au Canada. CSA Z12885, Nanotechnologies - programme de contrôle de l'exposition aux nanomatériaux manufacturés sur le lieu de travail fournit des conseils pour une utilisation sûre des nanomatériaux en milieu de travail. "L'élaboration de normes est cruciale pour...
WorkSafe New Brunswick implemented the Focus Firms initiative in 2002 to reduce workplace injuries and build health and safety infrastructure in workplaces with poor safety records. The study evaluated the impact of the Focus Firms Initiative on safety performance at participating firms. Source : http://www.worksafebc.com/contact_us/research/research_results/res_60_10_1140.asp http://www.worksafebc.com/contact_us/research/funding_decisions/assets/pdf/2010/RS2010-DG01.pdf
This project aimed to develop a new system for assessing the safety of resource roads. It investigated the efficiency of collecting road geometry data using a mobile mapping system, created software tools to automate the extraction of sight distances from road geometry data, and developed a final product to aid road managers in planning upgrades and making road networks safer. Source : http://www.worksafebc.com/contact_us/research/research_results/res_60_10_1110.asp http://www.worksafebc.com/contact_us/research/funding_decisions/assets/pdf/2009/RS2009_IG06.pdf
Manual tree falling is considered to be one of the most dangerous professions in the forest industry. Many serious injuries and fatalities are caused by unseen debris falling from the forest canopy, which often occurs when a tree begins to move during falling. One way to improve the safety of manual tree fallers is to remove the worker from the base of the tree as it begins to shift. The goal of this project was to develop a small, lightweight tool that can be driven by a cordless drill and remotely operated. The resulting prototype, known as the Wood Duck, can be modified to weigh less than 10kg...
Workers on construction sites continue to fall from ladders and become critically injured or killed. The Provincial Labour-Management Health and Safety Committee (PLMHSC) has prepared a guideline on safe ladder use in construction to assist workplace parties in understanding their obligations under the OHSA and its regulations. The Ministry of Labour views the guideline as a recommended set of industry best practices that may be used as part of an employer’s health and safety program. Source : http://www.ihsa.ca/pdfs/topics/ladders.pdf
OBJECTIVE: From 2004 to 2008, the prevention system in Ontario, Canada ran the High Risk Firm Initiative, an injury-experience based targeted consultation or inspection programme. Our objective was to establish whether prevention system targeting of firms was effective in improving injury outcomes. METHODS: Randomised controlled parallel groups. Population included all manufacturing firms registered with the Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board in 2005. Firms ranked between the 2nd and 10th percentile on a composite measure of occupational health and safety performance were randomised...
On May 31, 2012 the Government of British Columbia passed Bill 14 which addresses revisions to the Workers Compensation Act as it relates to compensation for mental disorders. WorkSafeBC has created a Mental Health in the Workplace webpage with links to tools, publications and other resources designed to help promote mentally healthy workplaces. Source : http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/workplacementalhealth/introduction.asp?reportID=36882
Ponctuée par la fin d’un cycle, celui du Plan triennal de production scientifique et technique, l’année 2011 comportait aussi son lot de nouveautés. De la présidence des instances, en passant par la structure de la permanence de l’IRSST, le rapport d’activité présente brièvement les principaux faits saillants de l’année: nouveaux livres et guides, nouveau laboratoire, nouveau mode de conduite de projets, nouveau record pour les laboratoires, nouvelles façons de diffuser les résultats de la recherche...
Les recherches sur les effets potentiels des changements climatiques sur la santé et la sécurité des travailleurs sont encore à leur début. Les risques à la SST peuvent y être reliés directement (coups de chaleur, mortalité et morbidité résultant d'inondations, de tempêtes, de rayonnement ultraviolet accru, etc.) ou indirectement (maladies infectieuses, qualité de l'air et de l'eau, etc.). Ils peuvent également être associés aux nouveaux emplois créés par la lutte...
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