SafetyNet originally consisted of nine inter-related research projects investigating issues related to health and safety in marine and coastal work. SafetyNet is currently involved in five other inter-related projects as the Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) node of the Atlantic Networks for Prevention Research (ANPR). SafetyNet is also a partner in the Eastern Canada Research Consortium on Workplace Health and Safety which supports inter-provincial networking, knowledge transfer (KT) and interdisciplinary training and research development related to workplace health and safety. Click on the project headings to learn more.

Ongoing Projects

Atlantic Networks for Prevention Research - Workplace Research Unit (ANPR-WRU)
1:    Atlantic Network for Research on Workplace Health
2a:  Health, Safety and Employment: Developing a Community-Based Approach to Policy Innovation in the Seafood Processing Industry
2b:  Seafood Processing Occupational Health: Moving from Knowledge to Action
2c:  Improving Capacity to Measure Exposures: Research on Protein Allergen Sampling
2d:  Checklist for use by Health and Safety Committees in Shellfish Processing Plants
2e:  Seafood Processing Occupational Health and Safety Website
3:    Participatory Ergonomics in Forestry

Eastern Canada Research Consortium on Workplace Health and Safety
Pilot Projects:
        1. Safety For Male and Female Divers in the Sea Urchin Fishery
        2. Testing Work Disability Prevention Tools and Programs in a New Setting (PRÉVICAP)
        3. Low-Back Injury Prevention in Resource-Based Occupations
        4. Interdisciplinary Forestry Workplace Health and Safety Research

Quick Hits:
        1. Construction
        2. Ventilation Design and Protein Analysis in Crab Processing
        3. Knife Sharpening in Meat and Fish Processing
        4. Floor Cleaning as a Preventive Measure against Slip and Fall Accidents

Original Projects

Fisheries-Related Projects
1a:  Occupational Asthma in Snow Crab Processing Workers
1b:  Cumulative Trauma Disorders in Snow Crab Processing Workers
1c:  SafeCatch
        1. Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Regimes (CARR)
        2. Fishing Vessel Safety Longitudinal Analysis (FVSLA)
        3. Perceptions of Risk (POR)
        4. Safer Fishing Vessel Seakeeping (SFVS)
        5. Injured Fishers (IF)
        6. Community Healthy Fishery Program (CHFP)
1d:  Styrene Exposure and Perceptions of Risk in the Fibreglass Boat Building
       Industry: A Community-Based Comparison

Oil & Gas Projects
2a:  Offshore Employment: Implications for Health and Well-Being of
       Individuals, Families and Communities
2b:  Occupational Health and Safety in Petroleum Refining

Human Cold Working Conditions
3a:  Surface Exposure to Cold
3b:  Cognition During Exposure to Cold
3c:  Work and Performance in Cold Deep-Sea Conditions