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Musculoskeletal Injuries (MSIs)
The most common type of injury Musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) involve our muscles and skeleton. They can also affect tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves, and blood vessels. Some everyday names for MSIs are sprains and strains over-exertion soft…
Health and Social Services
Taking better care of the care providers Nova Scotia’s health and social services sectors include hospitals and health centres, long-term care facilities, home care, social services, primary care providers, and mental health and addiction services…
Manufacturing
Building a safer workplace Nearly 11% of all serious injuries in Nova Scotia occur in the manufacturing industry. The most common injuries are: sprains and strains burns from chemicals workers getting caught in machinery and equipment…
Health and Social Services in Nova Scotia
Taking better care of the care providers Nova Scotia’s health and social services sectors include hospitals and health centres, long-term care facilities, home care, social services, primary care providers, and mental health and addiction services…
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Safer Workplaces Together: Nova Scotia Injury Prevention Strategy
Introduced in fall 2025, Safer Workplaces Together is a new collaborative injury-prevention strategy to help keep more Nova Scotians safe on the job. The strategy brings together safety collaborators in Nova Scotia including WCB Nova Scotia,…
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Employer Webinar: Making Ergonomics Stick
Summary: Explains how to embed ergonomics into daily safety practices rather than treating it as a separate initiative. Outlines practical methods for identifying and assessing ergonomic risks in various work tasks. Demonstrates…
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Automotive / Retail Gasoline Sector in Nova Scotia
Prevent injury in your industry Gas stations, auto repair and maintenance shops, auto part sales—they’re all part of Nova Scotia’s automotive and retail gasoline industry. Working around engines and chemicals leads to all sorts of job hazards,…
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Preventing musculoskeletal injury through workplace design pdf
This document is an introduction to musculoskeletal injury. It should help you learn how to prevent these injuries in your workplace.
Workplace Inspection Checklist – MSIs pdf
Checklist to identify risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in various tasks and postures.
Retail in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia relies on retail. Retail plays a major role in our economy, employing the second largest number of workers in Nova Scotia. Every day, over 30,000 people go to work in locally-owned shops, major retail chains and large, big-box stores…
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