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OSSA will demonstrate it's new self-assessment tool to assess how compliant your organization is on workplace health and safety. Once completed the tool generates a report that shows how well your firm's health and safety system is currently operating and identifies opportunities for improvement. The report is printable so users can take it back to their workplaces for necessary action.
A Health and Safety Consultant will be available round-the-clock to provide free consultancy on all aspects of workplace health and safety. Contact OSSA at our booth. Meet us at booth # 1509.
Elizabeth Mills, President & CEO of the Ontario Service Safety Alliance (OSSA) has been appointed the CEO of SWPSO, the organization being formed to amalgamate the FSA (Farm Safety Association), IAPA (Industrial Accident Prevention Association), and OSSA. The appointment becomes effective June 15, 2009.
Violence and harassment have no place in the workplace. That's the message Ontario is sending by amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act to protect workers from workplace violence and harassment. The amendments go into force on June 15, 2010.
As part of the Ontario Ministry of Labour's ongoing programs, MOL inspectors will be “blitzing” industrial workplaces during the rest of 2009 as follows:
1. Mid - January onwards - Three month long blitz on fall hazards at construction sites
2. February - Click here for information on the Ministry of Labour's forklift safety blitz
Read the MOL's Press Release and Backgrounder on the blitz..
Awarded the Gold Canadian Award for Training Excellence in the External Training Category by the CSTD (Canadian Society for Training and Development), OSSA's new Safe Lifting for Employees and Safe Lifting for Supervisors provides a two hour session for employees and a three-hour session for supervisors. The training course provides information on:
For more information please go to http://www.ossa.com/content/services/SafeLifting.cfm.
Click here for an update of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic by the World Health Organization.
For more information please visit www.who.int or http://www.ossa.com/content/resources/PandemicResources.cfm for further resources.
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has announced the 2010 premium rates for Schedule 1 employers. WSIB Releases Average Premium Rate for 2010 (92k, pdf)
Click here for the latest Ministry of Labour convictions
This glossary provides a quick reference to common health and safety terms used throughout the Six Step Guide to Health and Safety.
That not all safety boots are CSA approved.
