May 2-8 is Safety and Health Week (formerly NAOSH Week) - a continent-wide initiative to focus on the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace, at home, and in the community. 

This year, we're challenging Nova Scotians to apply the same principles and resolve we've demonstrated to stop the spread of COVID-19 to prevent all workplace injuries and illness.

Visit our Safety & Health Week hub to find the information, resources, and tools you need to keep the momentum going in your own workplace this week and all year long. 

Safety Leadership

Regardless of where you work, or how big or small your business, there are opportunities for everyone to be a safety leader.

Psychological Health and Safety

Identify the strengths and gaps in your organization's psychological health and safety plans in our workplace assessment. 

Return-to-Work

Check out our Working to Well program to learn more about your role in enabling safe and timely returns to work.

More Safety & Health Week Resources

Working safely through COVID-19

As Nova Scotians work together to fight the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers and workers will play a vital role in helping to stop the spread. Visit worksafeforlife.ca/COVID19 to stay informed. Please stay safe.

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Workplace Safety Kits

Whether you're currently working on-site or at home, our Workplace Safety Kits can help you facilitate important discussions about what it means to work safely and why it matters.These kits include a sampling of our injury prevention and return-to-work promotional materials including posters, discussion guides, wallet cards and more.

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Industry Posters

Through COVID-19, we’ve all become PPE pros. Let’s apply that thinking to all the other PPE and processes that keep us safe, every day. Specific to your industry, these posters are designed to remind team members about safe work practices for specific tasks and why working safely is important.

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Upcoming Events

Employer Webinar: Building an Effective Return-to-Work Program

Everyone has a role to play in helping workers make safe and timely returns to work after injury, and strong employer planning is essential to that success. As part of our Safety & Health Week programming, wer're offering this free webinar for employers who want to learn more about the best practice approaches, tools and resources they need to develop effective return-to-work programs that stick. 

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Steps for Life

Each year in May, Threads of Life, a charity that supports the healing journey of families who have suffered from a workplace fatality, traumatic life-altering injury, or occupational disease hosts its flagship fundraiser – Steps for Life. With COVID-19 restrictions in place, Threads of Life is inviting all Canadians to "walk your way," and shed a light on how we can work together to prevent others from being injured or killed on the job.

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