Educational Institutions

2nd Degree Burns

A worker suffered burns to the body from hot water/steam from a chafing dish.

Amputation of Finger

A worker was setting up portable bleachers when one of the sections fell and amputated the tip of the worker's finger.

Asthma (CCOHS)

Everything you need to know about workplace athsma, including signs, symptoms, causes and tips for reducing frequency

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Avian Influenza (PHAC)

Facts about avian influenza, including symptoms, signs, treatment and prevention.

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Broken Finger

Worker's middle finger was broken while closing a frozen window.

Broken Wrist and Arm

While loading students onto a bus, the worker slipped and fell when stepping off the walkway onto some ice.

Building a Better Workstation

Do you spend most of your day at a desk? Then check out “Building a Better Workstation” to learn simple steps you can take to improve your workspace… and lessen your risk for injuries.

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CCOHS OSH Works Manitoba

OSH Works is Web-based service that will help your company develop, implement and maintain an occupational safety and health program, or improve upon your existing program. Developed in cooperation with Manitoba’s Workplace Safety and Health Division, this customized version of OSH Works delivers the framework and resource materials you need to understand and act on key occupational safety and health requirements. Ensure continual improvement of safety and health at your workplace with OSH Works on your side!

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Compressed Gases (CCOHS)

Guidelines for being safe when working with compressed gas, including required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and recommended procedures

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Concussion

A worker was raising an overhead projection screen in a gymnasium when it detached and fell, striking the worker on the head. The worker sustained a loss of consciousness and a concussion.

CSA Z432-04, Safeguarding of Machinery

This standard applies to the protection of persons from the hazards arising from the use of mobile or stationary machinery. It provides the criteria to be observed and the description, selection, and application of guards and safety devices. This Standard does not apply to portable hand tools

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Electrical Shock

While adjusting the time and pin on the main clock for a building's exterior light, a worker sustained an electrical shock when the worker's left hand made contact with 120-volt wires that were exposed due to a missing guard. The current went through the knuckles, up the left arm and out the left temple.

Electrical Shock

A worker received an electrical shock while changing a ballast.

Employee Assistance Programs (CCOHS)

Suggestions for employers setting up employee assistance programs.

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Establishing Occupational Exposure Limits

This manual was developed as a result of a grant from the Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP) at WCB. It is designed to help you establish occupational exposure limits in your workplace. For more information on this topic, visit the Adjusting TLVS website. For more information on the RWIP program, please contact the WCB.

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Finger Injury

A student and instructor were carrying an empty Acetylene Cylinder from the shop to an outside stand. As they got outside, the student lost their balance and fell. The student did not let go of the cylinder and got their hand pinned between the cylinder and the ground, crushing the pinky finger knuckle.

Fractured Ankle

A worker was standing on pea gravel beside a play structure when the worker's ankle rolled and the worker fell to the ground.

Fractured Arm

A student was operating a lathe when the student's sleeve got caught in the rotating part of the lathe, pulling in the left arm. The full extent of the injuries is unknown at this time.

Fractured Wrist

A worker slipped on some ice and landed on the left wrist.

Guideline for Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment

This guideline provides general information to help employers develop safeguarding solutions for their specific machinery and equipment.

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Guideline for Thermal Stress

Guidelines for dealing with both hot and cold environments. Topics include definitions, factors contributing to risk, acclimitization, exposure limits, warm-up periods, and more.

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Harassment Prevention Brochure

Understanding Manitoba's New Requirements for Preventing Harassment at Work is an informative pamphlet designed to help you implement the new requirements for harassment prevention that come into effect on February 1, 2011. For more resources, visit the New Regulation page.

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Head Injury

Worker was struck in the head with a yard stick.

Head Injury

A worker was outside, standing on an area with a small incline, when the worker fell backwards and hit their head on the asphalt.

Lacerated Hand

A worker was operating a paper cutter when the blade made contact with the worker's hand.

Laceration

A worker sustained serious cuts to the index and middle finger of the right hand while cutting a table leg with a dado blade in a table saw. The guard for the machine had been removed.

Laceration

A worker sustained a laceration while cutting steel.

Laceration

A student sustained a laceration above the wrist, while doing some wood carving with a wood chisel. The chisel slipped from the student's hand and the blade contacted the arm, above the wrist.

Laceration

A student was sifting through composting when their left hand was cut by glass.

Laceration

A student had been using a band saw to cut wood, when the wood slipped and the tip of the student's finger was cut

Laceration

A worker was helping move a filling cabinet. The drawers were out and the worker cut the right thumb on the opening of the cabinet.

Laceration to Arm

A student sustained a laceration to the right forearm from a broken beaker. The student was washing glassware in the sink when the beaker broke.

Laceration to Finger

A student was hammering out a king pin from a housing that was secured in a bench vice. The student missed the pin and struck the left index finger with the ball peen hammer, causing a laceration.

Laceration to Finger

A student sustained a cut through the fingernail and into the nail bed of the left index finger when it made contact with the blade of a band saw. The student had been cutting a V-shaped cut into a 2X4-inch piece of wood. The student was going to make a second cut and reached across with the right hand to activate the power switch, which was situated on the left side. This resulted in the worker's left index finger contacting the blade.

Laceration to Finger

A student was using a razor blade to remove glue from a car part with the blade in a position of coming towards the body while cutting. The student cut the left middle finger.

Laceration to Left Hand

A student sustained an injury while drilling with a hand-held portable drill. The drill was being used at an angle and caught the student's sleeve, resulting in a cut to the left hand between teh thumb and index finger.

Laceration/Loss of Consciousness

A student sustained a minor cut on the index finger and lost consciousness at the sign of blood. The student fell and hit their cheek on a machine, suffering a cut to the cheek.

New Workplace Safety and Health Regulations Effective February 1, 2011

The Workplace Safety and Health Regulation is changing to include new requirements to protect workers from psychological harassment in the workplace. The new provisions will address psychological harassment, such as intimidation, bullying and humiliation.

Occupational Health & Safety Conference

Presented by Safety Services Manitoba
January 21 & 22, 2009
Victoria Inn
Winnipeg. MB

Partial Amputation

A student was working with a jointer planer when the left index finger contacted the planer, resulting in a partial amputation.

Personal Protective Equipment in Schools - Bulletin 164

In industrial arts facilities there are many operations and work processes that require the instructor and student to wear protective equipment. There are many different forms of protection: eye, face, hand, foot, hearing, respiratory, chemical protection, etc.

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Reporting Serious Incidents: A Guideline for Educational Institutions - Bulletin 160

When a serious incident occurs at a workplace, the employer is required to notify the Workplace Safety and Health Division immediately, by the fastest means of communication possible.

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Respirator Care (CCOHS)

A handbook for workers who require respirators to complete their tasks, including cleaning tips and other personal care guidelines. Published by CCOHS.

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Respirator Selection (CCOHS)

A resource designed to help workers select the proper respirator for their task. Published by CCOHS.

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SAFE Tips for Avoiding Slips, Trips and Falls

Slips, trips and falls are among the highest causes of injury and incident in Manitoba workplaces. Across the province, approximately 2,800 workers are hurt in fall-related incidents each year.

One of the most important elements of a workplace safety and health program is an effective system to identify and control hazards. Implementing this system at your workplace will help to safeguard employees against slip, trip and fall-related injuries and reduce the occurrence of time-loss injuries.

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SAFE Tips for Operating a Circular Saw

Practising SAFE work procedures are vital to preventing injury. SAFE work procedures should always be accompanied with proper training. If you have questions about the safe work procedures or practices used in your workplace, don’t be afraid to speak up and ask questions. Remember, workplace injuries are preventable.

This describes how to safely use a circular saw.

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SAFE Work for an Aging Workforce Brochure

A brochure to help you understand the issues and realities of an aging workforce and develop an action plan to address health and safety for an older population.

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SAFE Work is Everyone's Responsibility Brochure

A brochure detailing how every worker is responsible for maintaining safety.

View this brochure in French (pdf)

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SAFE Work is Good for Business

Guidebook for the SAFE Work is Good for Business program. Includes tips for workers and program evaluation sheets.

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SAFE Work Student Program

Student workbook for SAFE Work Student program, Includes worksheets, resources and evaluation forms

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Safety and Health of Students: Duties Under the Workplace Health and Safety Act - Bulletin 226

A brief, two-page bulletin describing the role of the teacher or supervisor in an educational institution where the health or safety of students is concerned.

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Sample Harassment Prevention Policy

Let this Sample Harassment Prevention Policy guide your organization in creating your new policy that complies with the new Workplace Safety and Health legislation that comes into effect on February 1, 2011.

For more tools, check out the New Legislation information page.

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Spot the hidden clue to win!!

You spotted the hazard. You assessed the risk. Now SAFE Youth is challenging you to spot the hidden clue while you Assess the Risk.

Sprained Ankle

A worker stepped off a structure and twisted an ankle resulting in a sprain.

Tie One On - Tips for roofing SAFEly

Summer is prime time for roofing projects for both homeowners and construction firms.But did you know that approximately two Manitobans are killed on the job by a fall from heights every year? Manitoba’s Workplace Safety and Health Act requires roofers – whether they are working on commercial or residential jobsites – to use fall protection systems to prevent fall-related injuries and fatalities.

Tips for Employers and Supervisors when Employing New Workers

Tips for Employers and Supervisors when new workers are employed

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Welding injury

A student got an object in the right eye while grinding welded pins from a flat bar.

What are the Dangers for Outdoor Workers in the Summer?

Work-Life Balance - The Role of Workplace Health and Safety Committees

Young Worker Brochure - What You Need to Know About Safety and Health on the Job