Rob Ellis and Jessica Di Sabatino lost a son and brother in 1999 to a workplace accident: David was 18 and it was his second day on the job. Rob and Jess have been on the lookout for Safety Champions ever since. This is their blog.

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Employees

Information for You and Your Coworkers

Articles about workplace safety that you can use and share.

Presentations: how your company can get involved.

Resources: useful links about workplace safety for workers.

Resources for Employees

Bookmark these links for quick access to information aimed at workers:

How Your Company Can Get Involved

As an employee, you might have concerns about workplace safety and health and how it relates to your job and the working environment around you.

Speak to your manager about involving the organization in proactive efforts to improve workplace safety and health.

One of the ways your company can get involved is through participation in the outreach work of MySafeWork /Our Youth At Work. They can:

If You Can't Read This Well, How Safe Can You Be?

Workplace illiteracy refers to not being able to function optimally on the job - different from not being able to read or write at all. And with the rise of immigrant workers - many of them whose native tongue is not English and who struggle with literacy challenges - this issue is more important than ever as a factor in workplace safety.

A Checklist about Workplace Safety

For your first few days on your new job, print out this safety checklist and carry it around in your pocket. Pull it out and check frequently.


yeah I don't think that law Munro's Safety Apparel 11/04/2009 - 16:02 In my work experience, small Fred Rose 09/10/2009 - 17:57 Hi, Morgan,Absolutely we'll heather 06/01/2009 - 12:52 I’ve been working in the Sylvain Grenier 06/01/2009 - 12:45	View more videos	Workplace Injury is an Inevitable Part of Life: Agree - no one or no company is perfect - accidents will always be a part of society. Somewhat agree - accidents will always be a part of society but we can work on reducing the most tragic accidents. Disagree - every accident is preventable.