While the main goal of every health and safety program is to prevent injuries and accidents, the unfortunate reality is that they still happen in many workplaces. In the first half of 2023 alone, Ontario’s Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB)…
Category: Occupational Health and Safety
MLITSD Inspections – What to Expect and How to Prepare
A surprise visit from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) can be stressful, but inspections are an important part of keeping workplaces safe. The good news is that many employers feel much more confident once they…
Tips to Create a More Effective Joint Health & Safety Committee
Everyone in an organization has a part to play in keeping the workplace and each other safe. When employers, supervisors, employees, and Joint Health & Safety Committees (JHSC) all work together to fulfil their health and safety responsibilities it can…
8 Ways to Keep Employees Safe During Ontario’s Reopening
At the start of this year, Ontario moved into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen with modifications to slow the spread of the Omicron variant. This COVID-19 variant continues to create health and safety challenges for organizations as the…
JHSCs and Remote Work – Everything You Need to Know
Over the past year, remote work has become the norm for many of us, and it looks like it may continue that way. Approximately four out of ten Canadians have jobs that can be done from home, and results from…
7 Important Workplace Health and Safety Trends Right Now
The world of workplace health and safety is always evolving, but we can probably all agree that COVID-19 has caused some of the most significant shifts in workplace safety. The pandemic has forced organizations in every industry to rethink how…
Everything Employers Need to Know about Respirators and Masks
Respirators. N95 masks. KN95 masks. By now we’ve all become at least somewhat familiar with the personal protective equipment (PPE) that is being used by healthcare workers, businesses, family caregivers, frontline workers, and many of us to help prevent the…
Personal Protective Equipment: 4 Steps Employers Must Take When Using PPE to Mitigate Hazards
The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) goes way back in time. It can be traced to the eighth century B.C in the famous poem “Homers Odyssey”. In the poem, there was a brief description of Laertes using gloves to…
$62,500 Penalty for Company After Worker Falls from Ladder
A St. Thomas manufacturer has been fined $62,500 after pleading guilty to violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). The conviction stems from an incident in September 2018 when a worker was critically injured after falling from a stepladder. …