Health and Safety

Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island

Health and Safety

The WCB works in partnership with workers, employers, and all Islanders to build safe and healthy workplaces. Together, we strive to:

Increase awareness of safety and health at work.
Promote a culture of workplace injury prevention.
Develop and maintain occupational health and safety standards.

The role of the WCB is to support the Internal Responsibility System. This is a joint responsibility that everyone in the workplace shares in creating a healthy and safe workplace. The WCB:

Helps to establish and clarify the safety rights and responsibilities in all workplaces.
Educates workers and employers in building and sustaining healthy and safe workplaces.
Intervenes when safety responsibilities are not carried out.
Provides information and resources on a variety of safety topics, such as safety committees and young workers.

Our goal is simple. We work to help you prevent workplace injury and illness.

May 17, 2021

PEI Student Wins National Safety Video Contest

The Workers Compensation Board of P.E.I. is pleased to announce that a PEI student, Etienne Foulkes from École François Buote, has claimed first place in the National Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest.The video contest challenged youth across the country to use their creativity to produce an original video that could be used in social media to illustrate to younger workers the importance of working safely on the job.As the winner of the PEI provincial Contest, Etienne received a $1,000 cash prize and $1,000 for his school. His video was then submitted to the national Youth Video Contest, sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), where he competed against other provincial winners in the national contest.When asked to create a video to outline what can be done at work to help stop the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, the grade 11 student created a short film called “Stop the Spread: Featuring Over 2000 Dominoes.” The video is available on the WCB website at wcb.pe.ca/workplace/programs.“We are very encouraged to see our youth engaged in conversations and initiatives around workplace health and safety, especially around timely topics such as this pandemic we’re all experiencing right now,” said Jim MacPhee, Chair of the Workers Compensation Board. “At a time where workplace health and safety is so important, we must work together to ensure that workplaces are safe, and workers of all ages are protected.”“We were pleased to see such great interest in the video contest this year, with many terrific submissions,” said Danny Miller, Director of Occupational Health and Safety. “We are extremely proud that a student from Prince Edward Island has also claimed first place in the national contest.”The video contest is part of a national initiative to promote safety and rights for young workers. The Prince Edward Island contest is sponsored by CCOHS in partnership with the Workers Compensation Board.

April 28, 2021

Commemorating workers injured or killed on the job

Wednesday, April 28th is the National Day of Mourning, a day set aside to honour the memory of workers who have been injured or killed on the job. On this day, and throughout the year, Islanders are encouraged to remember those we have lost and those affected by workplace tragedy, by raising awareness of workplace safety. The Day of Mourning was first recognized in Canada in 1984, and since then has been commemorated in over 100 countries worldwide. “Let us all take a moment to remember the people that were lost too soon because of a workplace injury or illness,” said Jim MacPhee, Workers Compensation Board Chair. “We must all work together to ensure safe work places so we can all return home from work, said Carl Pursey, President, PEI Federation of Labour.

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