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Quick Course – Fatigue at Work Can Kill You

Course Description You’re an accident waiting to happen if you [...]

Quick Course – Fatigue at Work Can Kill You2019-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

Disciplining Employees for Safety Obligations: What Is Permitted?

February 27th, 2019 | Summary coming soon.

Disciplining Employees for Safety Obligations: What Is Permitted?2019-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

Nine Ways to Control Stress

Stress – everyone has it. It is a natural part of life, but too much stress can cause health problems and can affect your ability to work safely. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to disconnect and unwind in our 24/7/365 world of news, noise, and responsibilities.

Nine Ways to Control Stress2018-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Handling Work Refusals and Avoiding Reprisal Complaints

March 27th, 2019 | One of the most powerful protections for employees under the Occupational Health and Safety Act is the right to refuse unsafe work. While the right to refuse unsafe work has proven to be an essential element of safeguarding workplace safety, it has also been improperly used as a tool for other, non-safety related ends by employees and organized labour. Employers must navigate these treacherous waters, ensuring that legitimate work refusals are dealt with appropriately, while preventing abuse of this significant power.

Handling Work Refusals and Avoiding Reprisal Complaints2018-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

Put a Safe Foot Forward

Slips, trips and falls are among the leading causes of workplace injuries. They occur when housekeeping procedures aren’t followed and enforced, when you rush or fail to pay attention to what you’re doing and where you’re walking, when you don’t wear the right kind of footwear, and when stairways, parking lots, and other walking and working surfaces aren’t well-maintained.

Put a Safe Foot Forward2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fundamentals of First Aid – Chemical Burns and Liquid Gas Burns

Chemicals can cause burns to eyes, skin, and internally if swallowed or inhaled. Chemical burns can be deceiving with some chemicals causing damage deep within body tissue.  The amount of damage a chemical can cause depends on many factors including the chemical, its strength, whether it was inhaled or swallowed and the time it was in contact with body tissues.

Fundamentals of First Aid – Chemical Burns and Liquid Gas Burns2018-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: Emergency Planning and Response

Fire, natural disaster, and other emergencies can strike your workplace without warning at any time. While you can’t predict them, you can prepare for them and preparedness save lives, prevent injuries and limits property damage. If that’s not motivation enough, being prepared for workplace emergencies may save your business thousands and even hundreds of thousands in safety fines avoided.

Workplan: Emergency Planning and Response2023-11-30T22:09:18+00:00

Falls Through Floor and Wall opening

It takes a split-second of inattention, a slight change in working conditions, a forgetful co-worker, or a lax safety program for you to fall through an opening.

Falls Through Floor and Wall opening2018-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Hazard Communications – (17 min)

In today's litigious society, we begin to take cautions, warnings and disclaimers from manufacturers' with a touch of skepticism or disregard. When it comes to hazardous chemicals in the work place, words, colors and symbols mean something. Not only is it your workers' right, it is their responsibility to know what they mean. This program will teach your employees to recognize and understand the different means of communication used to identify hazardous chemicals including the United Nation's new Globally Harmonized System. The training program will educate your workers on the physical characteristics and chemical properties communicated in the material safety data sheets and on the container labels enabling them to make proper decisions concerning the safe use handling and storage of the substances. The program covers the purpose and role of hazard communication, the different classification of chemicals and their hazards, the primary forms of communication, and best practices and procedures to ensure their safety and health. Chemicals are an intricate and valuable part of our life. When respected and handled properly, they pose minimum risk our safety and health. Knowledge is a valuable safety tool. Not only is it your workers' right to know, it is their responsibility to use it to protect their safety and that of their co-workers.

Hazard Communications – (17 min)2018-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Hazard Communications – (17 min) Spanish

In today's litigious society, we begin to take cautions, warnings and disclaimers from manufacturers' with a touch of skepticism or disregard. When it comes to hazardous chemicals in the work place, words, colors and symbols mean something. Not only is it your workers' right, it is their responsibility to know what they mean. This program will teach your employees to recognize and understand the different means of communication used to identify hazardous chemicals including the United Nation's new Globally Harmonized System. The training program will educate your workers on the physical characteristics and chemical properties communicated in the material safety data sheets and on the container labels enabling them to make proper decisions concerning the safe use handling and storage of the substances. The program covers the purpose and role of hazard communication, the different classification of chemicals and their hazards, the primary forms of communication, and best practices and procedures to ensure their safety and health. Chemicals are an intricate and valuable part of our life. When respected and handled properly, they pose minimum risk our safety and health. Knowledge is a valuable safety tool. Not only is it your workers' right to know, it is their responsibility to use it to protect their safety and that of their co-workers.

Hazard Communications – (17 min) Spanish2018-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fundamentals of First Aid: Burns

A burn means more than the burning sensation associated with this injury. Burns cause skin damage because the skin cells die. Burns can happen at work and outside of work. In fact, burns are one of the most common household injuries, especially among children.

Fundamentals of First Aid: Burns2018-09-23T00:00:00+00:00

Fundamentals of First Aid: Electrical Burns

An electrical burn occurs when skin meets an electrical voltage. It does not always leave a significant burn to the skin, but the electricity can cause significant internal damage to nerves, muscles and internal organs.

Fundamentals of First Aid: Electrical Burns2018-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

Fundamentals of First Aid: Poisoning

Poisoning, accidental or intentional, causes significant harm or death to many US and Canadian people. Poisoning takes many forms as harmful chemicals can be breathed in, swallowed, touched or injected.

Fundamentals of First Aid: Poisoning2018-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

Fundamentals of First Aid – Fractures

A fracture is the medical term for a broken bone. The break can be along the length of the bone or across the bone, so it looks as though the bone has snapped. These are generally clean breaks but sometimes the bone can fracture in several places, especially if the fracture is caused by a fall from a great height or from being crushed.

Fundamentals of First Aid – Fractures2018-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

Sexual Harassment: Defining Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sexual harassment is defined as any conduct, comment, gesture, or contact of a sexual nature that is likely to cause offence or humiliation to any employee; or that might, on reasonable grounds, be perceived by that employee as placing a condition of a sexual nature on employment or on any opportunity for training or promotion.

Sexual Harassment: Defining Sexual Harassment in the Workplace2018-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

6 Tips for Avoiding Slips, Trips, and Falls in the Workplace

Slips, trips, and falls are consistently rank as one of the top 2 causes of injuries and deaths on the job. Our contributor, Zachary O’Dell from SafetyLine asks, “Have you taken these 6 precautions to avoid injuries in your own workplace?”

6 Tips for Avoiding Slips, Trips, and Falls in the Workplace2025-10-09T20:13:39+00:00

Stopping Slips, Trips, and Falls

Slip, trip, and fall injuries are one of the most common causes of workplace injuries and death. The falls from slips and trips can lead to disabling injuries, traumatic brain injuries, surgeries, and countless hours in rehab. These types of injuries are painful and costly and can put stress on your relationships, lead to depression, anxiety, and in some cases post-traumatic stress disorder, or PSTD.

Stopping Slips, Trips, and Falls2018-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: Flammable and Combustible Liquids

Flammable and combustible liquids can create a fire and explosion risk. Fortunately, most of the risk can be eliminated through careful use, storage, and disposal. This Workplan sets out a strategy you can implement over a 30-day period (and beyond) to prevent flammable and combustible liquid fires, fatalities, injuries and costly citations.

Workplan: Flammable and Combustible Liquids2018-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

Fundamentals of First Aid – Choking

When someone is choking with a completely blocked airway, no oxygen can enter the lungs. The brain is extremely sensitive to a lack of oxygen and begins to die within four to six minutes. Irreversible brain death occurs in as little as 10 minutes.

Fundamentals of First Aid – Choking2018-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Putting Out Fires

Workplace fire safety is about preventing fires from starting —but also vital is dealing with a fire when it does start. If fire breaks out in your workplace, do your workers know what to do?

Putting Out Fires2018-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan – Sexual Harassment and Your Responsibilities for Preventing It

From a moral and legal standpoint, it is simply unacceptable to ignore the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Workplan – Sexual Harassment and Your Responsibilities for Preventing It2018-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

Checklist for Anti-Harassment Policy

An anti-harassment policy is a key component of a complete harassment prevention effort.

Checklist for Anti-Harassment Policy2018-06-26T00:00:00+00:00

Heart Attack and Stroke in the Work Place: Do you know the Warning Signs?

Heart Attack and Stroke in the Work Place: Do you [...]

Heart Attack and Stroke in the Work Place: Do you know the Warning Signs?2018-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Fall Hazards and Falls from Heights

What’s at Stake? New York Post - Two construction workers [...]

Fall Hazards and Falls from Heights2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
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