Safety Matters

by guest blogger Jonathan Tyson, MASc, CPE - Relationship Manager, WCB Nova Scotia Work-related slips, trips and falls are an all too frequent cause of injuries to workers in Nova Scotia.

Employers and workers have a shared responsibility when it comes to preventing workplace injury.

Ninety years ago, there was a desperate story reaching its breaking point in New Waterford, which started a change in our safety culture.

Nova Scotia’s highest honours in workplace health and safety were handed out today at the sixth annual Mainstay Awards by the Minister of Labour and Advanced Education Kelly Regan and Workers’ Compensation Board CEO Stuart MacLean.

More than 250 safety professionals kicked off North American Occupational Safety and Health Week at a symposium in Dartmouth on Monday, May 4th.

As lobster season gets underway in southwest Nova Scotia, fishermen are reminded to practice safety and monitor weather and marine forecasts while at sea.

The “What Matters Most” and “#thismatters” social marketing campaigns from the WCB and Department of Labour and Advanced Education were each recognized with gold MarCom Awards this past week.

If you work with materials that create a fine powder or dust, you should be aware of the combustible hazards and take steps to prevent an explosion.

Summer is finally here (or slowly making its way here) which means that highway crews will be out on Nova Scotia roads

For the first time since the Greater Halifax Partnership began publishing the Halifax Index, workplace safety is being included.