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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Prepare for Inspections: Workplace Layout and Design
Use this guide to help improve your workspace to prevent hazards and prepare for MLITSD inspections.
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Prepare for Inspections: Storage Systems
Use this guide to help ensure your storage systems are effective and safe and prepare for MLITSD inspections.
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Prepare for Inspections: Manual Material Handling
Use this guide to help address manual material handling hazards and prepare for MLITSD inspections.
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Prepare for Inspections: Lifting Devices, Mobile Equipment or Cranes
Use this guide to help address hazards from lifting devices, mobile equipment or cranes and prepare for MLITSD inspections.
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Prepare for Inspections: Automation
Use this guide to help prepare for MLITSD inspections and ensure that work processes using technology to perform repetitive or predictable tasks are done safely.
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Supervisor Responsibilities in the Steel Industry
This session reviews key supervisor responsibilities, and how their role fits into the IRS, and includes a discussion on the hazard control process (RACE).
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Multi-language resources help raise workers’ awareness of 8 significant hazards
Language barriers make it hard for workplaces to effectively communicate safety information to non-English speaking workers. Augment your training with new videos and tips from in multiple languages.
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Plugged into Safety: A primer on the hazards of working with battery electric vehicles
This white paper was developed in collaboration with industry groups and associations to identify the hazards associated with working on or around Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs).
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Electric Vehicles: Safety Hazards Associated with Working On or Around the Battery
Our EV checklist is designed to arm employers with the knowledge to identify and mitigate potential hazards associated with working on or around EV batteries in the workplace.
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Why PPE should be your last choice when it comes to workplace hazards
There’s a belief that providing PPE for your staff is an easy solution to hazard management. We’re here to debunk the myth. Introducing the Hierarchy of Controls.
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Have you managed a construction job at work? Here’s what you need to know.
If you don’t know when work becomes a construction activity or what your responsibilities are as an owner, it’s time to find out and plan accordingly before work begins.
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Share with your workers: Manufacturing safety resources available in 6 languages
Share these easy-to-use resources in six different languages with your workers to keep them safe and protect your business.
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Promoting from the floor? 5 tips to get new supervisors up to speed
Selecting a supervisor from within? An eagerness to take on more responsibility is just the start. Ensure you invest in training and education to help them successfully carry out their duties.
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What to expect when a Ministry inspector comes to your workplace
If you haven’t experienced a visit from an MLITSD inspector, find out what they’re all about and how to be ready for them.
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Business shuts down after material handling-related death; receives $100,000 fine
A company that shut down after a worker's death has been issued a $100k fine for failing to comply with materials handling requirements. Learn what happened and how to prevent this in your business.
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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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New Canadians in your workforce? This manufacturer’s approach can help protect them and you
Newcomers face obstacles that make them more vulnerable to injury. Find out how AISIN Canada is tackling those obstacles for improved health and safety performance.
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Loading and unloading trailers safely
When demands at work are high, your loading dock can become a very busy place, filled with people and forklift traffic. Watch this video and learn how you can stay safe.
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Loading and unloading trailers safely
When demands at work are high, your loading dock can become a busy place filled with people and forklift traffic. Learn tips to stay safe while loading and unloading trailers.
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