Research
WorkSafe Saskatchewan regularly funds projects to research preventing or reducing the risk of occupational illnesses and disabilities. Many of these projects are jointly funded with other workers’ compensation boards in Canada.
Research projects sponsored by WorkSafe
- Developing a Safety Climate: Shared assumptions and interventions (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
- Economic Evaluation Workbook for Workplace Parties in the Healthcare Sector: Final Report (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
- Identifying Risk Factors of Falls among BC’s Healthcare Workers (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Safety Culture in Residential Care (PDF)
(Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC) - Inter-rater Reliability Assessment of an OH&S Management Audit Tool for Healthcare (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
- Nurses’ Experience of Workplace Violence: Towards Effective Intervention (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
- Population-based Survey of Beliefs about Neck and Upper Extremity Injuries (PDF) (Co-sponsored with WorkSafe BC)
- SK Leadership Charter Project – Final Report
- Anxiety and depression disorders – Research Talk by Dr. Andrea Jones (YouTube)
- Preventing fall from heights – Research Presentation by Dr. Lynda Robson (YouTube)
Saskatchewan-based research
- Vibration in the Workplace (PDF)
(Conducted by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment & Labour and Motor Safety Association)
Other online resources
Institute for Work & Health
The Institute for Work and Health has an online reference database that includes more than 500 journal articles, reports, books and book chapters written by IWH scientists.
WorkSafe BC
WorkSafe BC has funded or co-funded over 160 research projects, which are available for viewing from their website.
