An effective Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) is the cornerstone of a successful health and safety program. Comprised of both managers and workers, the JHSC aims to improve health and safety in the workplace. Despite the JHSC’s commitment and…
As a general best practice, the health and safety professionals at OSG do not recommend marking fall protection harnesses or writing on them at all. While some safety websites stipulate that writing on the tags only with a Sharpie-brand marker*…
Most people take their vacation time and understand the benefits of taking time off work, right? Wrong. If you are like the majority of North Americans, you will not use your entire vacation entitlement this year. Why not? Is it…
When a worker completes an OSG Train-the-Trainer program, they receive tools and tips to ensure that they can effectively deliver training. When it comes to safety training, the learning outcomes are key. OSG’s Train-the-Trainer sets up workplace trainers with strategies…
Close your eyes and imagine your worst nightmare: an accident has occurred at your workplace. The worker involved has been critically injured, or even worse, the worker has died. It can sometimes be easy to lose sight of the steps…
A Brief History of the Human Resource Management Movement In the early 1900s, Human Resource Management (HRM) played a minor or non-existent role in most workplaces. Primary duties of HRM staff were clerical, and may have included hiring and terminating…
Written by Jeff Thorne | Manager of Training and Consulting Over the past two decades I have had the pleasure of dealing with many safety leaders and supervisors that know their stuff; yet they find that their team sometimes doesn’t…
The Ontario Health and Safety Act & Regulations don’t set out specifics when it comes to how JHSC meeting agendas need to be carried out. However, the creation of an agenda and the commitment to following it are the best…
Since 1979, when the Occupational Health and Safety Act came into law, amendments to the Act have been introduced to establish new procedures as well as new rights and duties for workers, employers, supervisors, and others in the workplace. One…