LANDSCAPE ONTARIO – WORKPLACE SAFETY TAILGATE TALKS
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PERSONAL HYGIENE
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What hygiene practices does your company enforce?
Why is it important to properly wash your hands?
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The workplace and workers should be as clean and safe
as possible to minimize their risk of exposure to germs.
Prevention Points
Hygiene is the condition and practice which serves to promote or
preserve health. It is acting in a manner to ensure our safety and
that of our workers and customers. It is far more than keeping
neat, clean and tidy.
Review the General Health & Safety Best Practices section
on page 11 before performing any task.
Proper washing of your body and clothes after working
with chemicals is mandatory.
Proper toilet facilities should be available and used
(e.g. Johnny-on-the-spot) in all workplaces.
Always properly wash your hands to eliminate the exposure
to germs, chemicals or dirt, debris or dust.
For landscapers working on construction sites, please refer
to the OHSA for a full review of hygiene requirements.
