Return to Well - Robert's Story
The WCB assists workers in remaining at work, or returning to work after a workplace injury or illness. Watch Robert's Story to learn more about how a safe and timely return to work can benefit workers and employers.

On PEI, back injuries are the most common type of workplace injury. But there is something each of us can do to protect our backs at work.

Become a Back Protection Agent. Anyone can do it. All it takes is a watchful eye and a commitment to keep each other safe from back injury.

As Back Protection Agents, we’re all about protecting what matters most…our backs. And the best way to protect backs is to know how.

Tips for Back Protection Agents to help make workplaces safe:

• Think before lifting and know how to lift properly.
• Take stretch breaks and change positions frequently.
• Design workstations to keep everything within reach.
• Adjust your chair and monitor height to suit your back.
• Carry small loads and keep the load close to your body.
• Use the workplace tools and techniques that are designed to keep your back safe.
• Lend a hand to help and teach others to keep their backs safe.
• Spread the word about becoming a Back Protection Agent.

Check out these other ways to keep backs safe:

• Rules of Lifting poster
• Let's Stretch poster

Tape
Fix it before it's an injury

Guard
Replace it before it's an injury.

Nail
Take care of it before it's an injury.

Bucket
Put it away before it's an injury.

Ladder
Replace it before it's an injury.

Communicating at Work
Rod Stickman explains workplace safety rights and responsibilities. Like Rod says, no matter what the job, you have the right to be safe doing it.

Returning to Work
Rod Stickman demonstrates the importance of a timely and safe return to work after a workplace injury. Like Rod says, staying active is the best way to get up to snuff.

Slips & Falls
Rod Stickman helps you avoid some of the most common workplace injuries...slips and falls. Like Rod says, even the smallest things can have big consequences in the workplace.

Working From Heights
Rod Stickman explains how to be safe while working from heights. Like Rod says, I can be put back together with a pencil, you can't.

Working Safely, By Design
Rod Stickman talks to you about organizing your workspace to avoid injuries. Like Rod says, if you feel there is something unsafe in your workplace, it is your right to speak up.

Every year on April 28, workers who have been injured or have lost their lives to workplace injury are remembered.