Posts Categorized As: Mental Health

Blog Post #1413 – The Link Between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Musculoskeletal Injury – Part One

Original Report by Theo Heineman

Report from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Sept 2021)

Statistics provided by the Mental Health Commission of Canada show that one in five Canadians experience a mental health problem or illness each year, with stress and trauma cited as the primary causes. This is equivalent to 500,000 employees unable to work every week.

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Blog Post #1331 – Nurse Attacked in British Columbia Hospital

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)

The B.C. Nurses’ Union (BCNU) Is calling for increased worker protection at a hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia, after a male nurse was attacked while trying to de-escalate an argument between two patients on October 26, 2015.