Silica in the Workplace
The purpose of this guide is to provide general information about silica to employees, members of joint health and safety committees, supervisors, and managers.
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Chemicals, Hazardous Materials & WHMIS
View our resources below to access reasonable precautions to protect workers, as well as information and instruction to help keep them safe.
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Asbestos
The inhalation of microscopic asbestos fibres can cause serious illnesses, including lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma.
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Workbook for Designated Substance Assessments
Required steps to control exposure of workers to toxic substances, including conducting an assessment.
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Protecting Against Respiratory Hazards
Practical guidance for your workplace respiratory protection program.
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Designated substances: how changes to regulations will affect you
If you have designated substances in your workplace, you need to know that Ontario has made changes to O. Reg. 490/09 - Designated Substances, including a new medical surveillance code.
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WHMIS: what you need to know about hazardous materials in the workplace
Hazardous products that are used and stored in the workplace are classified according to WHMIS 2015 requirements.
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Safety Check: Chemical Safety
Chemical safety tips for workers.
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Job Aid - Chemicals
Chemicals are hazardous products, materials, and/or substances used, handled, stored or disposed of in workplaces, learn more.
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What Can Happen to Your Lungs and How to Protect Them
Materials, hazards and risks that expose workers to injuries - poster.
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Chemical Exposure Poster
Download this free infographic poster and learn how to prevent common accidents. Post in your workplace and on your safety board.
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Chemical Handling 1 Understand Your Chemical Handling Risks
First in a four part series on how to manage chemical hazards in the workplace to control exposure and prevent injuries.
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Chemical Handling 2 Know What Chemicals Are In Workplace
Second in a four part series on how to manage chemical hazards in the workplace to control exposure and prevent injuries.
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Chemical Handling 3 Assess Your Chemcial Handling Risks
Third in a four part series on how to manage chemical hazards in the workplace to control exposure and prevent injuries.
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Chemical Handling 4 Control Your Chemical Handling Risks
Fourth in a four part series on how to manage chemical hazards in the workplace to control exposure and prevent injuries.
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WSPS Safety Snippets - Store Workplace Chemicals Safely
How to safely store chemicals at your workplace.
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WSPS Safety Snippets - Have an Emergency Plan to Manage Workplace Chemical Spills
What should you do in the event of a workplace chemical spill.
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Work-Related Asthma from Cleaning Agents versus other Agents
Cleaning agents have been commonly implicated as causative or triggering factors in work-related asthma (WRA), mainly from epidemiologic studies.
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What Can Happen to Your Hands and How to Protect Them
Materials, hazards and risks that expose workers to injury - poster.
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Safety Check: Ammonia in Refrigeration Systems
Ammonia in refrigeration safety tips for workers.
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Job Aid - Molten Aluminum Furnace
Molten aluminum furnaces can be hazardous. Learn more with our Job Aid.
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