This checklist provides guidelines for safely using and handling objects on ladders and step stools to prevent falls and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace.
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This guide highlights relevant legislation for workplace lighting requirements and provides tips on improving lighting systems to prevent incidents.
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Want to grow and improve your warehouse safety program?
Learn howUse this checklist to identify risks in your workplace’s lighting system. Address the identified risks using the guide for Proper Lighting in Industrial Work Environments.
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Get connectedAchieve hiring and onboarding success with the MSD Prevention Guide. Use this checklist to assess job demands, reduce ergonomic risks, and ensure OHS compliance for a safer, more efficient workplace.
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This Physical Demands Description (PDD) is meant to provide an example of a completed report.
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The ergonomic approach is to design a task so that most people can perform it safely. This guide uses this approach as a starting place.
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WSPS Consultant Norm Kramer sheds light on MSD risk factors that may not be obvious but could lead to costly injuries.
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Listen in as we review key areas within Warehousing/Distribution that pose MSD/ergonomic hazards to workers and provide general guidance for workplaces to consider.
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Are your lift truck drivers properly trained? Watch this video to find out what you should include in your operator training.
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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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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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This checklist can be used for several purposes, to coach workers on their lifting technique, to document the training provided to your employees...
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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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From July 4, 2022 to March 31, 2023 ergonomists from the MLTSD will conduct inspections in warehouses and workplaces that have a warehousing area. Download this MSD hazards checklist.
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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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Working around traffic tips for workers.
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Order picking can result in a variety of muscle and joint injuries from repeatedly or forcefully reaching for and lifting product, using scanners, etc.
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Most workplaces have a manual materials handling operation. Each handling task poses unique demands on the worker.
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MSD hazard awareness information for manual material handling.
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Stats Canada has found that only 5% of Canadian adults meet the recommended 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity each week. Watch our video to learn simple tips to combat a sedentary lifestyle
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