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. Workplace incidents and accidents are highly stressful events for everyone involved, especially if…
Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) carries some of the steepest workplace safety penalties in Canada, and they’ve increased dramatically in recent years. Corporations can now face fines of up to $2,000,000 per offence. Directors and officers face up…
When it comes to workplace training, especially health and safety training, every company faces the same question: Do we bring in an external trainer, or do we build the capability internally? Train-the-Trainer courses prepare your employees to deliver certified training…
Hot work tasks – like welding, cutting, grinding, and soldering – are essential across many industries. This is also a high-risk activity that brings fire, explosion, and health hazards into the workplace. In Ontario, strict hot work safety laws are…
What are Health and Safety Compliance Initiatives? Every year, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) schedules health and safety compliance initiatives that focus on workplace hazards within specific sectors. Often these initiatives are referred to as…