Winter Holiday Safety
Winter holidays are a mix of excitement, frustration, rushing and almost constant fatigue. When this is added to the usual workload (or even extra workload since some workplaces get busier over the holidays), it’s a recipe for disaster.
Every winter sees a rise in injuries and fatalities caused by decorating, fires, car accidents, shoveling and lifting suitcases among others.
Be prepared this holiday season, download the materials available below and make sure that your employees and their loved ones welcome the new year safe and healthy. Because caring about workers’ 24/7 safety is not about trying to control their lives. It’s about providing them with the tools and the information they need to stay safe wherever they are: at work, at home, or on the road.
And when you show your employees that you’re genuinely involved in their safety, their engagement goes up and they’ll care more about safety at work—helping to prevent injuries outside of work, helps prevent injuries at work.
Your free resources and how to use them
This short video describes all the resources on this page and explains how to use them to best
protect your employees and their families from the season’s hazards.
Holiday safety resources
Note: These resources are available in English, Spanish and French.
Brochure
This brochure is filled with useful tips on how your employees can keep themselves and their loved ones safe and healthy during the winter holidays. You can customize it with your own company logo and a holiday message.
Activity book for children
This booklet teaches children about winter hazards through games and activities that feed off their natural curiosity and need for play.
Presentation Tools
Kick off the holiday season at your next safety meeting with this ready-to-deliver PowerPoint slide deck or training video.
Activity book for older kids
These fun winter holiday safety activity worksheets are the perfect way to challenge your older kids to think about winter safety differently.
Poster
Print out and display this poster ahead of winter holidays to help employees learn about the most common risks of the season.
Informational poster/handout
Use this as a poster or a handout ahead of winter holidays to drive home the risks and hazards of the winter season.
Pet poisons list
This list of substances and foods that are poisonous to pets—but are common around the holidays—should be put on the fridge so that the whole family can refer to it when necessary.
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Winter safety blog posts
7 Holiday Safety Concerns in the Workplace
The Link Between Shoveling Snow and Workplace Back Injuries
