This question comes up quite frequently and I’ve heard many answers over the years. I’ve heard you only have to do it once; you have to do it annually, or every three years. I’ve even heard that it doesn’t matter. …
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After a Workplace Accident Part 1: How to Support the JHSC
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…
Labeling Your Harness – What is Best Practice?
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*…
Importance of Taking Vacation Time
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…
10 Tips for Preparing for your next Training Session
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…
Interpretation of Regulation 834 to the OHSA – Critical Injury
It is well known that an employer has a duty to report incidents of workplace injury or illness (including deaths in the workplace) to the Ministry of Labour (“MOL”) Specifically, section 51 (1) of the OHSA states: Notice of death…
What to do After a Workplace Accident: Step-by-Step Guide
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 Shift in Perspective: How Health and Safety Impacts Human Resource Management
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…
The MOL’s Power Under the Occupational Health & Safety Act
There have been several moderate to severe workplace accidents reported recently by the media. Last month alone, there were reports of two work-related fatalities involving Ontario-based companies and several “serious” or “critical” injury cases. In response to such incidents, the…