JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research
JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research
JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research
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Educate and train your work<strong>for</strong>ce to integrate injury prevention<br />
strategies into their workplaces, methods of working and<br />
personal lives.<br />
Advocate <strong>for</strong> healthy public policies and regulations that support<br />
and strengthen injury prevention ef<strong>for</strong>ts.<br />
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Advocate <strong>for</strong> innovations in engineering and product design,<br />
including required training and education.<br />
Monitor, collect and distribute injury data, including<br />
circumstances surrounding injuries.<br />
• Business and Industry<br />
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Become in<strong>for</strong>med about injuries, how they are caused and what<br />
your business or industry can do to prevent someone from being<br />
hurt or killed.<br />
Ensure safe design of products and environments by using<br />
accepted national and international safety standards and best<br />
practices.<br />
Support and champion community and organizational initiatives<br />
directed at safety and injury prevention and control.<br />
Incorporate and integrate innovative safety and injury prevention<br />
messages and actions into corporate programs and services.<br />
Assure public and employee health and safety at all times by<br />
being in compliance with all laws and regulations.<br />
Advocate <strong>for</strong> innovations in engineering and product design,<br />
including required training and education.<br />
Promote a culture of safety through incentive programs and build<br />
in activities to bridge injury prevention at home as well as at<br />
work.<br />
Business and<br />
Industry<br />
• Municipal Governments<br />
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Become in<strong>for</strong>med about injuries, how they are caused and what<br />
your government can do to prevent someone from being hurt or<br />
killed.<br />
Identify safety risks in your communities and take actions to<br />
prevent someone from being hurt or killed.<br />
Implement and en<strong>for</strong>ce bylaws and healthy public policies aimed<br />
at reducing the risk of injury and minimizing the impact of<br />
injuries when they occur.<br />
Adhere to accepted national and international safety standards<br />
and best practices in urban and rural community design,<br />
including building codes, bridge and road design.<br />
Support communities in their ef<strong>for</strong>ts to raise awareness about<br />
Municipal<br />
Governments<br />
Making <strong>Alberta</strong> the Safest Place to Live<br />
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