Award of Merit Workplace Health Innovation
Reducing Workplace Injuries through Leading Practices
Menno Place
With over 700 residents on an 11- acre campus, Menno Place offers a full range of housing and long-term care options from independent living to complex care. The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees have collaborated with leadership teams including the Transfer/Lift Peer Support team to refine best practices and recommendations that encourage safety and focus on the reduction of workplace injuries. Along with peer support, violence prevention training, safety orientation, team huddles, and conducting events like their Safety Expo, Menno Place has reduced workplace injury claims costs by 65 per cent.
For taking leadership in best practices and reviewing policy, safe work procedures and health and wellness initiatives, we present an Award of Merit to Menno Place.
Project Team: Gord Sale, Laura Fast, Jeanette Lee