The WSCC welcomes applications from both for-profit or non-profit organizations that provide health and safety
services or training to communities in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

This checklist is for your convenience. You are not required to submit it with your application form.

The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission’s (WSCC’s) Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Funding Program offers funding opportunities for providers of OHS services that are designed to improve workplace safety education and support employers in complying with OHS legislation in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
 

This service mostly impacts businesses working in industries like construction, roadworks, and electrical fields, as well as those that contract work to those industries. 

“Struck-by” incidents happen when a worker comes into contact with a moving object, tool, or piece of equipment. For example, a worker could be struck by a tool falling off a roof, a swinging tool like a hammer, a moving vehicle, compressed air that is suddenly released, or even a broken piece of equipment that flies off and travels through the air.

The most common injuries from struck-by incidents involve fingers, hands, and upper extremities. 

Higher-Risk Industries & Occupations

In the north, struck-by incidents are most often experienced by: 

The WSCC’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Funding Program offers funding opportunities for providers of OHS services that improve workplace safety and support employers in complying with OHS legislation in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

The OHS Funding Program will advance the WSCC’s vision of reducing work-related accidents, injuries, and illnesses. The goals of the OHS Funding Program are to: