Safe and healthy workplaces

icare is committed to working with our customers to design work environments that reduce the risk of injury and promote wellbeing.

Our programs and services

icare Paralympian Speakers Program

The program is run in partnership with Paralympics Australia and provides icare customers with access to Paralympians who have been affected by a workplace injury.
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Wearables Advisory Service

Hear directly from an employer on their experience with wearable technology.
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Protect Together

Our Prevention team runs Protect Together (P2), a voluntary injury prevention program for select NSW businesses.
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Respect & Resilience

We've designed the Respect & Resilience program to help minimise the impact of customer misbehaviour.
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Road safety program

Our Road Safety in your Workplace toolkit provides resources to help workers reach their customers safely by road.
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Injury Prevention Training Using Virtual Reality

The 'Working Safely at Heights' Online and Virtual Reality Training Program has been named as a 2022 Australian Good Design Award winner.
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icare Lung Screen

We provide early intervention mobile health monitoring for employees exposed to asbestos, silica and other hazardous substances.
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Injury Prevention in Construction

An icare investment supporting innovations and research addressing the root causes of accidents and injury in construction.
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Provider Directory

Use this directory to find Work Health and Safety Providers.
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Resource Hub

Our resource hub will provide you with practical resources on Work Health and Safety (WHS) topics.

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Mental health initiatives

Mental Health Resources

Mental ill-health is Australia's most diagnosed long-term medical condition and the social impacts of stress, anxiety and depression are growing.
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Events

Join our Mobile Engagement team for a range of events tailored to employers, brokers and industry associations.

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  • About the Prevention team

    The Injury Prevention team at icare is committed to improving the safety and workplace culture of the businesses we insure. 

    Innovation

    We are constantly looking at new technologies and innovative ways of addressing the common risks facing our customers with unique solutions, in partnership with universities and the industry.

    To achieve a measurable impact for our customers, we partner with industry bodies, research institutes and customers, we fund research and we undertake trials with our customers using a co-design solution-focused approach. 

    Ways of working together

    We are constantly developing new programs to assist individual businesses understand their risk and design a strategy to reduce workplace injuries.

    Contact us

    Contact us at prevent@icare.nsw.gov.au.

Injury prevention news

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News 13 Jun

Digital role-playing game enhances communication between supervisors and young construction workers

An exciting milestone has been reached in the work being funded by icare NSW under the Injury Prevention in Construction initiative.

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News 10 Dec

Partnering with like-minded employers to create change

Our Prevention team partnered with an employer to positively influence safety leadership behaviours and prevent injuries in the workplace.

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News 12 Oct

icare REX celebrates five years of delivering risk management education to NSW Government

Risk Education eXpress (REX) celebrated its five-year anniversary in July 2023.

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Information 04 Sep

Health Maintenance Tool: Now as an app

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