Occupational health and safety

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  • Here are entered works related to safety in the workplace.

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  • PAASH 2020 edition

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    Occupational health and safety

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      Occupational health and safety

      • UF Workplace safety
      • UF Job safety

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      Occupational health and safety

      29 Archival description results for Occupational health and safety

      29 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
      416 · Fonds · 2001-2013

      This fonds consists of 2.24 m of textual records, 1 audio cassette, photographs, and 5 CDs and 1 USB stick of digital records, including some created by the WSCC's predecessor, the Workers' Compensation Board. Records include meeting materials from the Governance Council and the Audit Committee, Minister's and President's Chronos (correspondence), and meeting materials for meetings between the Nunavut and Northwest Territories Ministers responsible for the WSCC. The records also include financial statements, agreements, strategic planning workshop material, survey results, records relating to legislation, and a memorandum on the release of employer safety records under ATIPP.

      Records from the Prevention Services division include investigation reports on fatalities and an evaluation of the Safe Advantage Program.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission
      352 · Fonds · 1966-2008, chiefly 1977-2006

      The records from the Corporate Service Division and Governance Council/Executive Services are comprised of minutes, agendas and reports from the Executive Committee, Management Group, Investment Committee, Legislative Review Committee, Audit Committee, Senior Management Committee, Leadership Committee, Major Stakeholders, Occupational Health and Safety Committee, Planning Committee, Northern Options Committee, Policy Review Committee and Operations Committee, and meetings with the Minister and Joint Ministers. Records also include some incoming and outgoing correspondence of the President and Minister Responsible, briefing notes, an Information Systems strategic plan for 2002-2004, and a file relating to the legal action taken by the families of workers who died in the 1992 Giant Mine explosion. In addition, there are records of meetings of the Board of Directors and its successor the Governance Council, as well as their subcommittees.

      There are also records from the Policy, Planning & Evaluation and Communications & Information divisions, including communications strategies, program evaluation and organizational review files, action plans, Public Image Committee files, promotional materials, stakeholder relations plans, reports on proposed programs and assessment rates, copies of the "Reflections" publication, board directives, and correspondence regarding board appointments. There are also records regarding the planning and organization of events held by the Workers' Compensation Board to promote and educate the public on workplace safety. Records also include Corporate Plans (2004-2006, 2006-2008) and Annual Reports, which include an incomplete set of annual reports from the Workmen's Compensation Administration, the predecessor of the Workers' Compensation Board.

      Records from the Legal Services division include files related to the Workers' Compensation Board Review Panel; legislative reviews of the Workers' Compensation Act, as well as its related ordinance and regulations; a WCB legislative proposal related to the Years Maximum Insurable Remuneration (YMIR); development of regulations for the Assessment Division; and files tracking Mine Health and Safety Act mandated inspector appointments. Records also relate to the Joint Mine Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Committee, the operation of the Renewable Resource Harvester Program, and the Operational Health and Safety amalgamation with WCB (1996). The records also include Board meeting minutes from November 17-20, 1992 on cassette tape and a ministerial discussion paper.

      Records relating to the NWT Regional Operations Mine Inspector's office include mine inspector reports and incident/accident reports for mines in the Yellowknife area. There are eight brochures and pamphlets on programs and information from 1982-1984, covering information on workers' compensation for employees, employers and hunters and trappers; first aid training and a safety incentive program. There are copies of the Mine Rescue Review newsletter produced by the Workers' Compensation Board as well.

      From the Prevention Services division, there are records regarding safety education and safety education program evaluation, as well as reports detailing divisional objectives, program evaluation files for the Safety Incentive and Rate Reduction Program (SIRR), and investigation reports on fatalities.

      Records also include the results of a Client Services Delivery audit; review and evaluation of the SIRR (Safety Incentive Rate Reduction Program); a Final Report on the WCB by the Chief Commissioner; a report on injured workers that was prepared by Avery Cooper; strategic planning and corporate planning material; program reviews; a copy of an operational review of the WCB; records on the Workers' Compensation Board Safety Education program; a policy issue file on pre-1977 pensions; records on proposed and actual changes to the WCB as a result of division between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories; and records relating to the amalgamation of Occupational Health and Safety from the Department of Safety and Public Services with the WCB.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board (1977-2008)

      This accession consists of records from the Prevention Services division of the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission relating to fatality investigations for Jimmy Isaiah (Rowes Construction, 2006), Hugh Collin (Mackenzie Valley Construction, 2007), William Bleach (Northwright Airways, Fort Good Hope, 2010), David Lambe (Camco Construction Ltd., 2011), and Allan Morin (Aurora Village, 2011), and a program evaluation file for the Safe Advantage Program.
      The investigation records include investigation reports, photographs and negatives, transcribed witness statements, interview on audio tape, reports of accident, correspondence, coroner's and RCMP reports, notes, employee files, and news articles.
      The Safe Advantage Program evaluation file includes technician workload spreadsheet, summary information for 2007/2008 to 2013/2014, annual workplan, policy, questions and responses, and correspondence.

      G-2024-014 · Accession · 1993-2006
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      This accession consists of records from the Prevention Services Division of the Workers' Compensation Board relating to fatality investigations for Carl Smith (E. Gruben's Transport Ltd., 2002), Gary Robinson (RTL - Robinson Enterprises Ltd., 2004), and Cyril Fyfe and Kevin Olson (City of Yellowknife Fire Service, 2005), and program evaluation files for the Safety Incentive and Rate Reduction (SIRR) program. The investigation records include investigation reports, interview transcripts, photographs, reports of accident, warrant documents, correspondence, news release and articles, Alternative Measures Agreement, meeting notes, presentation slides, reference material, and draft safety documents. The SIRR evaluation files include decision and options papers, information items, pamphlets, posters, an evaluation report, Industrial Classification Review & Merit/Surcharge Initiative, Measurement of Indicators, a news release, and Board motions.

      G-2024-013 · Accession · 1988, 2002, 2004-2006
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      This accession consists of records from the Prevention Services Division of the Workers' Compensation Board relating to fatality investigations for Gary Robinson (RTL - Robinson Enterprises Ltd., 2004), Cyril Fyfe and Kevin Olson (City of Yellowknife Fire Service, 2005), and Richard Sanderson and Dennis Thurber (SSI Micro, Enterprise, 2005). The records include reference material (including 1988 Guidelines for Working on Winter Roads in the N.W.T. issued by the Department of Public Works and Highways), interview transcripts, an interview video cassette, photographs (printed and on CD), inspection reports, committee material, news releases and articles, notes, and investigation reports.

      G-2023-019 · Accession · 1992, 1998-2001
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      This accession consists of records from the Workers' Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories. The records include Board meeting minutes from November 17-20, 1992 on cassette tape, President's chronos (correspondence) for 1998-2001, and a ministerial discussion paper.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board. Legal Services division

      This accession consists of records from the Legal Services division of the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission. The records include strategic planning workshop material, survey results, memorandum on the release of employer safety records under ATIPP, presentation for the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure on Bill 11, Minister's and President's Chronos (correspondence), contracts, and Governance Council Meeting material (May 25-29, 2009),

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission. Legal Services division
      G-2023-018 · Accession · 1995-1999
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      This accession consists of records from the Workers' Compensation Board relating to the amalgamation of the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Division of the Department of Safety and Public Services with the WCB. The records include correspondence, copies of the signed contribution agreement, assignment of statutes administrative order, legislative amendments, legal opinions, planning documents and completed task list, communications plan and press release, business plan for the Department of Safety and Public Services, restructuring report, and job action contingency plan, and material relating to the Mine Occupational Heath and Safety Legislation Committee and the Task Force on Exploration and Safety Practices. Files 1-1 and 1-3 also contain some material relating to the Division of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

      G-2021-039 · Accession · 1993-2000
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      Records include Legislative Amendment files and legal opinion files concerning the status of WCB employees as public servants, employer's accident reporting requirements, WCB coverage for harvesters and incarcerated persons, the reinstatement of widows' pensions, and employers' immunity from suit.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board. Legal Services division
      G-2016-033 · Accession · 2002-2004
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      Records include minutes, agendas, and other meeting materials from the Governance Council, some under its earlier name the Board of Directors, and from committees which reported to it, including the Policy Committee, Finance Committee, Finance & Audit Committee, Executive Committee, Governance Committee, and Oversight Committee.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board. Governance Council
      G-2016-010 · Accession · 1966-2004, chiefly 1979-2004
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      Records include materials from the Executive Committee and the Public Image Committee, action plans, program evaluation and organizational review files, records of communications between the WCB and a coalition representing claimants, reports on proposed programs and assessment rates, annual reports and corporate plans of the Workers' Compensation Board and annual reports of the Safety Division of the Department of Justice and Public Services.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board. Policy and Planning division
      G-2016-008 · Accession · 1993-1994, 2000-2004
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      Records include chronos of the President/CEO of the Workers' Compensation Board, minutes from a meeting with the NWT and Nunavut Ministers responsible, and reports regarding the relationship between the WCB and the GNWT, a review of related legislation, and proposed legislative amendments.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board. President's Office
      G-2015-019 · Accession · 2004-2007
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      Records relate to large-scale projects undertaken by the division for the promotion and education of workplace safety. This includes the 2007 annual Mine Rescue Competition, the 2004 National Youth Safety Conference organized and hosted by the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB), and a television advertisement public service announcement campaign on overexertion in the workplace. The CD-R contains several commercials commissioned by the WCB and was produced by Cinepost films.

      Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board. Communications and Information division
      G-2009-012 · Accession · 1989-2001
      Part of Northwest Territories. Workers' Compensation Board fonds

      Records date from 1989-2001, and include Ministerial chronos, as well as a report on injured workers that was prepared by Avery Cooper, strategic planning material, a WCB priority areas corporate plan, a legislative proposal to amend the Workers' Compensation Act and terms of reference and presentation on a policy development framework from the Policy Review Committee.