Electrical Hazards
An electrical hazard is a dangerous condition where a worker can or does make electrical contact with energized equipment or a conductor.
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Manufacturing
Learn best practices and more from our specially curated health and safety resources for the manufacturing sector.
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New study: closing gaps in worker/manager OHS attitudes key to reducing manufacturing injuries
There’s a disconnect between how workers and managers view health and safety, say researchers. Bridging that gap is key to reducing injuries.
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Manufacturing in Ontario: Worker and manager attitudes towards health and safety
A study from Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) and the Toronto Metropolitan University offers clues to why Ontario’s manufacturing sector is overrepresented.
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6 tips to stop the spread of respiratory illness
The food and beverage industry continues to struggle with labour shortages and respiratory illnesses can contribute to this issue. How can you prevent the spread in your workplace?
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MLITSD Healthy Workplace initiative: inspections begin October 31
A new initiative focused on industrial workplaces will address respiratory hazards related to crystalline silica exposure. Find out what inspectors are looking for and get tips to prepare.
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Perform a hazard assessment to make your business safer: a step-by-step guide
When your employees arrive at work, are they aware of the hazards around them? Find out how to assess and control hazards in your business to keep your workers safe.
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Have employees that drive for work? Here's how to reduce their risk
Driving is an activity many of us do every day. But it comes with many risks - at work and off the clock - that are often overlooked.
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8 steps for keeping lift truck operators and pedestrians safe
When your employees arrive at work, are they aware of the hazards around them? Find out how to assess and control hazards in your business to keep your workers safe.
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Operating machines safely: 4 obstacles and tips to overcome them
Understanding how people interact with machines is key to preventing both MSDs and acute injuries, says WSPS machine and robotics specialist Robert Vomiero.
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10 best practices for avoiding workplace concussions
Concussions have been called 'invisible injuries'. While the injury may be invisible, the consequences aren't. Get 10 tips to protect your employees.
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How to recognize and cope with burnout at home
Even those who work from home can feel burnout, mainly due to trouble finding a good work-life balance. This guide has tips to help you cope with burnout.
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Hiring foreign workers? Here’s how to onboard them safely
Temporary foreign workers may be an ideal solution to your labour shortages. If so, Jay Remsik has suggestions on how to onboard, train and support these workers.
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Employers take note: Company fined $125,000 for failing to comply with the OHSA
Compliance failures at every level of the organization led to the hospitalization of three workers with COVID-19. Tragically, one died.
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As your business model evolves, keep pace with ergonomic best practices
Whether it's a full return to the office, permanently teleworking or a hybrid, build injury prevention into the process with these best practices.
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Sample Policy for Customers: Right to Disconnect
Bill 27: The Right to Disconnect, mandates that employers in Ontario with 25 or more employees must develop a written policy giving workers the right to disconnect at the end of their workday.
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Higher safety fines for executives now in force: 7 ways to avoid penalties
Starting July 1, maximum fines for directors or corporate officers rise from $100,000 to $1,500,000. Protect yourselves by taking a systematic approach to health and safety.
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Follow these 7 steps to attract and keep employees
It's the leading challenge for most Ontario employers, according to WSPS' 2022 leadership survey. Make your workplace more appealing with a stronger health and safety program.
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A 10-step guide to navigating the material handling inspection blitz
A multi-sector material handling inspection initiative continues until September 30. "The best defence," says WSPS' Norm Kramer, "is a comprehensive material handling program."
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6 ways to boost hazard awareness - and reduce injuries - among new and young workers
A dedicated 6-step health and safety orientation session will give these workers knowledge, reassurance and the vocabulary for assessing and communicating potential hazards.
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Nip point incident offers 6 lessons for workplaces
"Nip point hazards are still commonly overlooked even though they can affect virtually every workplace that uses equipment with moving parts," warns WSPS consultant Clinton Brown.
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