Narrator: [Health and Safety at Work

Prevention Starts Here

But It Doesn’t End Here]

[Workers at various jobs]

A new job is a chance for a fresh start. I'm learning new skills and meeting new people.

One of the first things I learned when I started working here is that every job has hazards. No matter how safe it looks.

I found out that the way I can stay safe is by knowing about anything in this workplace that could hurt me or make me sick.

Each one of us here, employers, supervisors and workers has a role to play in safety at work.

If we all cooperate and do what's expected of us, we can get home safely at the end of the day.

[Worker being transported to the hospital]

When I started working, I had no idea how often people got hurt or had a work-related sickness on the job.

I didn't know that the number of people in Ontario who suffer a work-related illness or injury each year would fill the seats of a dozen big hockey arenas.

[Workers on various jobs and potential hazards]

I didn't know that people who are starting new jobs are three times more likely to get hurt during their first month on the job than at any other time.

That's because new and young workers, often aren't told about or don't understand the hazards of the job.

Sometimes they don't know what questions to ask.

[Worker reading the Occupational Health and Safety Act book]

Sometimes they don't even know who to ask.

[Prevention starts here, but it doesn’t end here]