Three reports that are part of a wide-ranging review of workplace injury and illness prevention will be used to create the Manitoba government’s new Action Plan for Workplace Injury and Illness Prevention, Family Services and Labour Minister Jennifer Howard announced today.
The minister said the reports, which were written following a six-month consultation period with workers, employers and technical experts, will be used to develop Manitoba’s new Action Plan for Workplace Injury and Illness Prevention, expected to be released later this month.
The reports come from the Minister’s Advisory Council on Workplace Safety and Health, Manitoba’s chief prevention officer for workplace safety and health, and Paul Petrie, a British Columbia-based expert on worker compensation systems who completed a review of the impact of the current Workers Compensation Board (WCB) experience-rating system on claim reporting and claim suppression, and identified strategies to promote injury and disease prevention.
Read the full news release here.
2012 Minister’s Advisory Council on Workplace Safety & Health Report