A strategic alliance by the three Maritime workers’ comp boards and Dalhousie University is providing access to online courses in occupational medicine. The Maritime Occupational Medicine Continuing Medical Education Alliance will provide courses to not only physicians, but also all stakeholders with a vested interest …

The WCB is soliciting feedback on certain policies that are under review. Go to the Policy Consultation section to provide your comments by May 31, 2012 on the following policies:

Funding Policy (POL-136)
Legal Costs (POL-05)
Phone Calls (POL-72)
Physician Selection (POL-32)
Responsibilities of Recovering Workers (POL-76).

To promote safety among high school students, the WCB has developed Keeping it Safe in the Workplace resources for teachers, which include a lesson plan and classroom materials that focus on youth and the things they can do to stay safe in the workplace. The …

The following WCB policies have been amended (details about the revisions are in the History section at the end of each policy):

POL-03, Travel And Related Expenses
POL-91, Repetitive Strain Injuries
POL-117, Vocational Rehabilitation.

As part of the review of the Workers Compensation Act, interested parties may submit suggestions for improvements to the law. The deadline for submissions was extended to May 30, 2012. See the Legislative Review section of the WCB website for more information.

For Poison Prevention Week, the WCB urged all Island workplaces to take time to consider the dangerous substances that workers may encounter on the job. It recommended the following precautions:

Perform hazard assessments for all poisonous substances.
Provide proper training for all those who work with poisons …

Because of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, the WCB urged all Island farmers to rethink safety plans to ensure they’re effective and relevant to all potential farm hazards. The WCB has a variety of resources to assist farmers in creating safer workplaces, including the Farm Safety …

You have until April 13 to register for the WCB’s Workplace Health & Safety Conference, which will take place on April 27 in Charlottetown. The conference features workshops on a wide range of workplace safety topics, such as fall protection, stress management and eye safety, …

In Sept. 2011, a small business operator suffered severe burns when his clothing caught fire while welding. So to raise awareness of the dangers of hot work and the precautions to take when using welding and cutting torches, the WCB issued a hazard alert for …

Attention will be on repetitive strain injuries (RSIs), one of the most common types of worker injuries, on Feb. 29, International RSI Awareness Day. RSIs (also called musculoskeletal disorders or injuries) include painful disorders of the tendons, muscles, nerves and joints in the neck, back, …