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The Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission has these posters available in other official languages of the NWT. Click arrow to view/download all...
On a summer’s morning in June, a worker with a power saw was cutting a 1” x 8” piece of wood that was located over their head at an awkward angle. Once the worker succeeded in cutting off a 12” piece of the wood, it fell and they immediately reached to catch it. The worker’s fingers crossed paths with the power saw that was in their other hand; the worker severed four fingertips and eventually lost two of them.
A worker, wearing safety glasses, is underneath a car changing the oil. Dirt falls from underneath the car onto the worker’s face. Dirt gets underneath the safety glasses and into his eyes.
While operating a pneumatic nail gun on a construction site, a worker died from a penetrating skull injury.
Needle stick injuries are far too common in the health care field. These types of injuries happen when needles accidentally puncture the skin.