NAOSH Week presents an excellent opportunity to focus, reinforce and strengthen commitment to occupational health and safety, therefore preventing injury and illness in the workplace. The theme for 2013 is: Safety & Health: Are You as Safe as You Think?

This year, British Columbia will host the Canadian launch of NAOSH Week on Monday, May 6, 2013, at Shipbuilders’ Square in North Vancouver, located beside Lonsdale Quay along the city's waterfront. The kick-off will include a presentation by Walter Gretzky, who was injured on the job in the 1960s, resulting in a coma and loss of hearing in his right ear. Safety teams will also demonstrate how to prevent injuries on land and save lives on the water. Invite your co-workers, family, and friends to attend.

Within the last 5 years, 24,854 claims have been made in the BC tourism and hospitality industry: 470 in hotels, 1,036 in pubs, bars, lounges, and night clubs, 1,299 in ski hills, and 11,858 in restaurants, with the remaining 10,191 coming from other types of tourism and hospitality employers. Let’s work together to reduce the number of incidents in the workplace.

How can you get involved?

To support NAOSH Week, consider participating in the following:

• Encourage your staff to participate in go2’s 2013 NAOSH Week Contest for a chance to win an iPad Mini and a BC Level 1 First Aid Kit
• Organize activities within your workplace
• Attend a local event
• Attend the 2013 NAOSH Week National Launch
• Post a poster in your workplace
• Order and distribute NAOSH promotional products around the office
• Attend the NAOSH Week Awards Luncheon on Thursday, October 24, 2013

Participation Awards and Recognition

• Receive a complimentary Certificate of Participation for participating in NAOSH Week
• Apply for a NAOSH Award application in the BC Tourism/Hospitality category (The Fairmont Vancouver Airport was the winner in 2012!)
• Judging criteria

Additional NAOSH Week Resources

To help prepare for NAOSH Week, also check out the following resources:

• BC NAOSH Week Planning Guide
• 2013 Sponsor Guidelines
• NAOSH Week BC Provincial Proclamation

Video

• NAOSH Week Proclamation Video - NAOSH Week is proclaimed each year by the BC Legislature. In 2012, the formal proclamation enactment document travelled across the province, starting its journey at the Legislature in Victoria through the six regions and ended its trek in Vancouver at the launch event on May 7, 2012.
• NAOSH Week - Making It Work
• NAOSH Week - Get Involved

Additional information regarding NAOSH Week can be found at www.naosh.ca or by contacting:

Trina Wright
Business Development Manager, go2
Treasurer, BC NAOSH Week Board of Directors
604-633-9787 ext. 259