LIFELABS
FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR FUTURE
2016
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OUR EMPLOYEES
Ensuring Health and Safety
We believe that when you surround yourself with the brightest minds and most caring hearts, you will deliver the best
experiences. When you nurture your people and help them to succeed, you build strong foundations and create a
team that works together and achieves excellence.
Our view on health and safety is simple:
all incidents and injuries are preventable
when employees work together to learn,
report, correct and prevent. Everyone
at LifeLabs supports a safe and healthy
workplace, and our employees address
safety risks first hand.
Since 2014, we have trained 448 health
and safety representatives across
LifeLabs and launched a new hazard
recognition program. Each reported
hazard contributes to a safer workplace
and translates into fewer employees being
injured on the job each year.
Working as a team to prevent injuries
has made a difference. For example, our
microbiology team in Surrey, B.C., developed
a plan to improve their work environment and
prevent injuries. Equipment was adjusted to
improve ergonomics, ideas for exercises
and stretches were shared, and friendly
reminders to co-workers reinforcing these
behaviours were encouraged. As a result,
comfort and personal accountability has
increased at the lab, while incidents have
decreased.
We are extremely proud of the culture of
prevention our employees have adopted
and are continuing to support as we work
towards our goal of ensuring all employees
go home safe.
LifeLabs has over
448
trained health and safety
representatives
