Healthcare

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 Ankle

A worker slipped on a wet floor and broke the right ankle.

Broken Arm

A worker tripped on a bed alarm cord and sustained a broken right arm.

Broken Finger

A worker sustained a broken finger and cuts to the right hand as a result of a slip and fall that occurred when the worker was running across the street to the workplace.

Broken Foot

A worker was walking down the stairs and tripped on their sock. The worker sustained a broken foot.

Broken Knee Cap

A worker suffered a broken knee cap when tripping over a stool in the pantry area of a kitchen.

Broken Toe

A worker sustained a broken toe on a doorway.

Broken Wrist

A worker slipped on some ice and sustained a broken wrist.

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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Burns to the Hand

A worker sustained a laceration to some fingers on a row of staples that were in a desk drawer.

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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Chemical Exposure

A worker was exposed to Par-3 chemicals that were being applied at a client's home. The worker suffered an allergic reaction and developed symptoms including hives, right-side facial edema and mild shortness of breath.

Concussion

A worker sustained a concussion after being struck on the head by a resident.

Cracked Ribs

A worker sustained cracked ribs when kicked by an individual at the workplace that was acting out in an aggressive manner.

Dislocated Elbow

A worker sustained a chipped bone and dislocated left elbow after slipping on wet ceramic tiles.

Dog Bite

A worker sustained a dog bite (laceration and puncture) to the side of hte nose while taking a dog for surgery.

Electrical Shock

A worker received an electrical shock from a client's electrical appliance. The worker was making tea using an electric kettle. There were some sparks from the base of the kettle, and when the worker leaned over to unplug it, the worker sustained a shock to the right arm.

Emergency Planning (CCOHS)

Information for employers putting together emergency plans

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Emergency Washing Facilities - Bulletin 104

Unintentional exposure of the eyes to chemical substances in any form can result in irritation, temporary or permanent vision impairment, or blindness.

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Employee Assistance Programs (CCOHS)

Suggestions for employers setting up employee assistance programs.

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Exposure to Human Blood/Body Fluids - Bulletin 161

A brief, two-page bulletin describing the dangers involved in exposure to human blood and bodily fluids and outlines what to do when an exposure incident occurs.

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Eye Injury

A worker was spiking an IV bag. The worker missed the bag and spiked one eye. The worker underwent eye surgery.

Fall off roof

A worker fell approximately 12 feet off a roof.

Fractured ankle

Worker was walking outdoors then the worker rolled an ankle and fell.

Fractured Ankle

While walking toward a client, a worker slipped and fell, resulting in a fractured ankle.

Fractured Ankle

While cleaning a kitchen drain, a worker fell and fractured the left ankle.

Fractured Ankle

A worker slipped on the sidewalk, fracturing the right ankle.

Fractured Arm

A worker slipped on some ice and fell backwards, landing on the right elbow. The worker suffered a fractured arm.

Fractured Arm

A worker was lifting a 17-lb bag of laundry when the worker felt a sharp pain in the left arm.

Fractured Elbow

A worker was walking in an area where smooth flooring transitioned into carpet. The worker tripped, resulting in a fractured elbow.

Fractured Finger

A worker's right hand was on a door jamb when it closed, injuring the middle finger on the right hand.

Fractured Finger

A worker sustained a fractured finger when it got jammed between furniture and a wall while moving furniture with a coworker.

Fractured Finger

Fractured Finger/Arm

After leaving a client's home and getting into the car, the worker's car door was struck by another car resulting in fractured left ring finger, arm and shoulder.

Fractured foot

A worker sustained a hairline fractured to the foot when the worker's ankle rolled over on the foot while walking down a set of stairs (running shoes were worn).

Fractured Foot

A worker, wearing open-back high-heeled shoes, fractured the left foot when it twisted.

Fractured Foot

A worker was coming down the stairs from a client's home when the left foot rolled and resulted in a fractured foot.

Fractured Foot

Fractured Hand

A worker slipped and fell on an icy surface, fracturing the left hand.

Fractured Kneecap

Worker was walking from a bike cage to the parking lot. The worker went to step over a chain and tripped, landing on both knees.

Fractured Kneecap

A worker was walking toward a sink when the worker slipped on the floor and fell. The worker suffered a fractured kneecap.

Fractured Leg

A worker was walking in the parking lot when the worker tripped on a curb and fell.

Fractured Leg

A worker sustained a slight fracture to the lower right leg when a banquet table the worker was dismantling fell and struck the worker.

Fractured Nose

A worker was working with a client when the client's head inadvertently flipped back, hitting the worker in the face. This resulted in a fractured nose.

Fractured Nose

Fractured Toe

A worker was assisting other personnel in pushing a stretcher into an operating room when the stretcher ran over the worker's right foot.

Fractured Toe

A worker's foot was run over by a stretcher, causing a fracture to one of the toes.

Fractured Wrist

A worker was walking back to the building when the worker slipped and fell in the parking lot, fracturing the right wrist.

Fractured Wrist

Fractured Wrist

A worker fell from a stool and fractured the left wrist.

Fractured Wrist

While descending a few stairs in the parking lot, a worker slipped and landed on the left wrist, resulting in a fracture.

H1N1 Flu Facts - for employers and workers in non-healthcare settings

The H1N1 flu virus is spread exactly like any other seasonal flu – from one person to another by coughing or sneezing, by hand-to-hand contact with an infected person, or after handling objects contaminated by infected people.

H1N1 Virus Information

The Manitoba government is working with health-care providers and organizations such as regional health authorities across the province to watch for and care for people with symptoms of flu-like illness such as fever, cough, tiredness and aches. Here are some tips and resources to help you protect yourself and others.

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

A worker suffered pain to the face after being struck by a patient.

Head Injury

A worker's head was inadvertently struck by a tree branch while the worker was using a weed whacker.

Head Injury

While closing an overhead door in a truck bay, the worker was struck in the head by a retaining bar that was propped up beside the door.

Hearing Protectors (CCOHS)

Guidelines for protecting ears and preventing hearing loss in workplaces with noise hazards.

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Laceration

A worker was walking on the sidewalk to a client's home when the worker slipped on ice and fell, sustaining a laceration to the palm of the right hand.

Laceration

A worker sustained a cut to the left index finger while pushing a linen cart into an elevator. A shelf on the cart had not been secured and cut the worker's finger when it fell off the cart.

Laceration to Finger

A worker was lifting a bag of laundry to deposit into a chute when the worker's finger got caught on the bag's string. The worker pulled back and struck the finger on the edge of the laundry chute.

Laceration to Finger

A worker received a cut to the left middle finger after being handed an open empty tin can. The cut required stitches.

Laceration to Hand

A worker received a cut to the top of the left hand while trying to open a window for a client. The cut required 11 stitches.

Laceration to Left Eyebrow

While working with an unstable client, the worker received a cut to the face when struck by the client.

Laceration to Middle and Index Finger

A worker sustained a cut to the right middle and index fingers by a patient wielding a knife.

Laceration to right hand

A worker sustained a cut to the right hand after emptying water from an autoscrubber and putting the hoses back.

Loss of Consciousness

A worker slipped on some ice and lost consciousness.

Multiple

Two workers received injuries from a client in a care shelter. One worker was bit and the other was pushed.

Neck and Head Injury

A worker slipped on some ice outside a client's home.

Needlestick

A worker sustained a needlestick while handling a garbage bag.

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

One-person Transfer

This video will help remind you of things to keep in mind when doing a one person minimal assist sit-to-stand transfer.

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Partial finger amputation

A worker's fingertip was amputated when the worker's hand was pinched in a car door en route to a meeting.

Pesticide Exposure

A worksite was fumigated and the fumigation company left behind some spray for the workers to use themselves. A worker sprayed the aerosol can, which contained .5% Pyrethrins, 4% Piteronyl Butoxide and RD606. The workers were not provided with an MSDS sheet. After spraying the can, one worker reacted to the fumes with hives, trouble breathing, coughing, headaches and eye irritation.

Physical Assault

A worker sustained a bite to the left wrist after being attacked by a client.

Preventing Musculoskeletal Injuries: A guide for employers and joint committees

A guide for employers and joint committees detailing tips to implementing a musculoskeletal injury prevention plan. Risk factors and investigation practices are also highlighted.

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Preventing Workplace Harassment - Bulletin 275

New Requirement Effective February 1, 2011

Changes under the workplace safety and health regulation define harassment as (a) objectionable conduct that creates a risk to the health of a worker or (b) severe conduct that adversely affects a worker's psychological or physical well-being.

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Regulation Review: Part 18

Safety Check is profiling one part of the Regulation in each issue to help remind you of the Regulation’s specifics and to help keep safety top-of-mind for all Manitobans. This issue, it’s Regulation Part 18: Radiation.

Reporting Serious Incidents in Hospitals - Bulletin 286

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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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Respiratory Protection and Biological Materials - Bulletin 251

This bulletin details control measures to help protect workers who are exposed to infectious agents.

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Right Thumb

A worker sustained a suspected hairline fracture of the right thumb when a patient grabbed the worker's right wrist.

SAFE Healthcare Conference

Join SAFE Healthcare for the 4th Annual SAFE Healthcare Conference from May 9-10 at the Victoria Inn Hotel and Conference Centre in Winnipeg.

SAFE Healthcare procedures now online!

Sample SAFE Work procedures for patient handling and moving tasks are now available online! The samples are available in three different formats, each allowing users to modify the procedures to suit the specific needs of their workplace. The information found in the sample safe work procedures comes from a variety of Manitoba work sites, resources and professionals.

Safe Patient Handling - Bulletin 268

Workers that handle patients are at risk for musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) if the task requires them to use awkward body positions and considerable physical effort. These MSIs usually affect the back, neck, shoulders, and wrists.

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SAFE Transfer for Healthcare Workers

These posters are designed to help healthcare workers lift and transfer with lesser risk.

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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 for an Aging Workforce Presentation

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 Summit for Health Care Resource Documents

Powerpoint presentation for facilitators of the SAFE Work Summit for Health Care

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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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Sample Monitoring Tools for Healthcare

Tasks involving moving and transferring patients can increase the risk to workers for musculoskeletal injuries. Safe work procedures can help reduce the risks for injury. These procedures must be monitored to ensure that workers are following them and to ensure that they are effective. Download your sample monitoring tools here.

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Slip and Fall

A worker slipped and fell. Injuries are unknown.

Smoke Inhalation

A worker suffered smoke inhalation when a fire started while conducting a load test on a generator.

Tips for Employers and Supervisors when Employing New Workers

Tips for Employers and Supervisors when new workers are employed

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Two-person Transfer

There are different ways to transfer patients safely. This video will help remind you of things to keep in mind when doing a two person minimal assist sit-to-stand transfer.

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Understanding the Risks of MSI: A guide for workers on sprains, strains and other MSIs

A guide for workers on understanding the risks of musculoskeletal injury. A discussion of MSI signs, risk factors and how to identify risk factors is also included.

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West Nile Virus - Bulletin 224

A brief, two-page bulletin highlighting facts of West Nile Virus and control measures.

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Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

A worker sustained lacerations and bruising to his left ear, head, scalp, and left arm when his head and left arm were trapped between an industrial washing machine and a laundry hopper. The company was fined for failing to provide a LX445 Lavatec Washer-Extractor with optional metal hopper attachment that prevented a worker from coming into contact with the moving parts of the machine.

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

Workplace Safety and Health Regulation Admendments - Bulletin 274

Amendments to the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation MR 217/2006 come into effect on February 1, 2011.

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