Oct 23, 2019 - Everyone working in construction knows that time equals money, and there is never enough of either. The pressures associated with getting the job done on time AND budget are well entrenched in the industry. What any veteran of the construction industry also knows is that health and safety is essential. We all want to go […]
Oct 16, 2019 - Being a worker member of the JHSC has many obligations found in the Occupation Health and Safety Act, from hazard identification to control recommendations. In the last post, we covered workplace inspections – a proactive approach to hazard control in the workplace; but hindsight is 20/20, and on occasion some things are missed. Accident/Incident investigations […]
Sep 25, 2019 - No one likes when a favourite colleague leaves their organization, especially when they happen to be on the Joint Health and Safety Committee. So the inevitable happens, that you are voluntold… I mean volunteered to replace them on said committee – now what? Go to meetings? Resolve work refusals? Perform inspections? Well yes, all of […]
Aug 21, 2019 - Managing budgets and allocations within an organization are difficult at the best of times. There are never enough resources to go around. Both public and private sectors are challenged to do more, and more, with less, and less. So where do your precious training dollars go? How is compliance to be achieved, and surpassed? How […]
Jun 20, 2019 - The Ministry of Labour has made some regulatory changes in various regulations. Many of them come into effect on July 1, 2019, and others by January 1, 2020. A good majority of these amendments relate to the automotive manufacturing industry with the goal of lessening the legislative burdens. There are other proposed amendments to Mining […]
Jun 18, 2019 - When conducting workplace inspections, either from the perspective of a worker member on a JHSC or as a supervisor, our eyes are always brought to things out of place. It could be a tripping hazard standing out, an employee not following procedure, or a piece of equipment leaking oil. However, what about the constants in […]
May 23, 2019 - As you ponder the rhetorical nature of the headline here, I would trust your conclusion is that in fact yes, breathing is very important. A funny thing about breathing is once you start, you just cannot seem to stop. It is estimated that the average person may take between 15,000 and 20,000 breaths every […]
Apr 25, 2019 - When employers and supervisors hear the term “IRS” they do not always recognize it within the Canadian context… we have Revenue Canada for that! For us in Ontario, it is the short form for the Internal Responsibility System. This system is present in every Ontario workplace whether you recognize it or not. What’s this Internal […]
Apr 01, 2019 - Today, all workers that are using an Elevated Work Platforms (EWP) must be trained on the right personal protective equipment (PPE) to wear for fall arrest/fall protection. When the Ministry of Labour came up with the new Working at Heights standard for construction projects, they said they wanted to develop a similar standard for […]