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Using Landscaping Equipment

Using Landscaping Equipment

Published Date December 9, 2020

General safety practices and guidelines.

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Using Backhoes or Loaders

Backhoes and loaders pose a threat for serious injuries like crushed legs, arms or other body parts, hearing loss, and illness or death.
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Manual Materials Handling

Most workplaces have a manual materials handling operation. Each handling task poses unique demands on the worker.

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Ladder Safety

This guideline explains the types of ladders that you might have in your workplace and their proper use.

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Health and Safety Resources for Greenhouse Growers

WSPS has developed a variety of resources – classroom training & e-courses, free downloads, articles and videos – to assist you with protecting your workers and your customers.

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What to consider when implementing a Mental Health and Safety Program in your workplace

Introduction to workplace mental health guide.

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Responding to Suspected Impairment: Sample Tool

A sample form which can be used as a template. Employers are encouraged to use, reproduce, or customize this document / template to meet their health and safety requirements.

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10 months ago
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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11 months ago
Case Study - Pedestrian

A company has heard rumours that a number of people have had close calls with forklifts. Most of these rumours have centered on workers who are coming and going from the breakroom and washroom...

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Case Study: Ladder Safety – Warehouse

An employee was seen stretching to retrieve a box when they lost their balance and fell. Luckily they were not seriously injured, but the employee immediately reported the incident to their supervisor

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Case Study: Ladder Safety - Retail

While rushing to carry a box down a ladder in the stockroom, one worker fell from the 4th rung. While the employee avoided major injury, this wasn’t the first time it has happened at this store.

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The Effective JHSC

This guide contains information and tools for existing and new JHSCs, business owners or senior management who need to start up a JHSC.

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Workplace Violence Information

A tool to use in assessing violence hazards in the workplace.

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about 1 year ago
WSPS Workplace Violence and Harassment Toolbox

Information, tools and assessments that can be useful to employers as they identify hazards and risks related to violence and harassment.

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Work Refusal Chart

Information to help employers navigate work refusals made by their workers.

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Working with Tires and Rim Assemblies

Working alone hazards posters.

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Violence Prevention in the Work Place Regulatory Requirements

Workplace violence regulations overview.

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Walking and Working Surfaces

Walking and working surfaces - floors, stairs and ladders are associated with slip, trip and fall accidents.

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Slips; Trips and Falls

Preventing slips, trips and falls should be a goal of every safe and healthy workplace.

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Motor Vehicle Incidents

Our two-part prevention plan lists the risks related to vehicles and people, and outlines eight steps to prevent injury - and worse.

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about 1 year ago
Preventing Slips; Trips and Falls

Use this guideline to understand how slips, trips and falls happen, how to identify hazards and how to eliminate or minimize these hazards.

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Large Bale Harvesting Equipment Safety

The biggest hazard in working with these large machines is their physical size.

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Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) Toolkit

Recipe for an effective Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC)

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