Small businesses are an integral part of Ontario’s economy. They also make up the majority of IHSA member firms. 90% of our member firms have fewer than 20 FTEs (full-time equivalent employees).

IHSA recognizes the challenges faced by small businesses when it comes to investing in health and safety. We provide free tools and resources to help them protect their workers and meet their legal obligations under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. 

This is the third, in a series of podcasts, intended to help enable small businesses in Ontario achieve health and safety compliance. 

Here are the links to the free services introduced today:

Training Requirements Charts (provincial W001 and federal W008)

o  W001.pdf (ihsa.ca)

o  W008.pdf (ihsa.ca)

 Fall Prevention and Working at Heights (ihsa.ca)

 What Supervisors Need to Know

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Small businesses are an integral part of Ontario’s economy. They also make up the majority of IHSA member firms. 90% of our member firms have fewer than 20 FTEs (full-time equivalent employees).

IHSA recognizes the challenges faced by small businesses when it comes to investing in health and safety. We provide free tools and resources to help them protect their workers and meet their legal obligations under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. 

This is the second, in a series of podcasts, intended to help enable small businesses in Ontario achieve health and safety compliance. 

Here are the links to the free services introduced today:

First steps on a jobsite for small business or contractor (ihsa.ca)

Forms and Checklists Resources for Small Businesses (ihsa.ca)

Road-Safety-Solutions-Tool-Kit

IHSA Road-Safety-Plan-Template

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Small businesses are an integral part of Ontario’s economy. They also make up the majority of IHSA member firms. 90% of our member firms have fewer than 20 FTEs (full-time equivalent employees).

IHSA recognizes the challenges faced by small businesses when it comes to investing in health and safety. We provide free tools and resources to help them protect their workers and meet their legal obligations under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. 

This is the first, in a series of podcasts, intended to help enable small businesses in Ontario achieve compliance. Here are the links to the free services introduced today:

Ministry of Labour WSIB and IHSA webinar for construction small businesses

IHSA | Basics of Health and Safety for Small Businesses

Small Business (ihsa.ca)

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The Fleet Safety Council (FSC) is an association of driver trainers and safety professionals working to promote safety within the transportation, transport, bus, and coach industries.

The Council encourages the improvement of driver behavior through increased awareness and training. Working with government agencies and private organizations, the Council strives for a uniform system of safety requirements for drivers in Ontario.

The Fleet Safety Council, and it 8 chapters (Cambridge, Durham, Ottawa, Hamilton/Niagara, Sudbury, Windsor, London, and Toronto) across Ontario, is open to all individuals concerned with promoting safety in the transportation industry. To learn more visit - https://fleetsafetycouncil.com or contact the Fleet Safety Council at 1-800-263-5024 Ext 6040 or [email protected].    

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Whether you drive a commercial vehicle or a passenger vehicle, it’s always important to be fully aware of the hazardous road conditions created by winter weather. In this podcast, IHSA’s Ken Rayner and Michelle Roberts discuss winter driving tips and break them down into four basic principles: preparation, planning, patience, and practice.

You can find additional winter driving resources at IHSA.ca:

Planning, preparation, and patience: the keys to safe winter driving

Your guide to safe, efficient, equipment, hazards, techniques

Winter hazards

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Everyone has the right to return home healthy at the end of each day. In the same way that we need protection from hazards such as falls, we need protection from work-related illnesses such as lung cancer. These illnesses can range from acute to fatal. In some cases, symptoms can be reduced or reversed. But too often they become something people have to live with for the rest of their lives. The most important thing to know is that they are all preventable.

1.    Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards | NIOSH | CDC

2.    CCOHS: Hazards

3.    Occupational Health (ihsa.ca)

4.    Safety Talks (ihsa.ca)

5.    Health and Safety Manual (ihsa.ca)

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Host Ken Rayner and guest, Maren Gamble, IHSA’s Manager, Strategic Programs discuss WSIB’s “Health and Safety Excellence Program”, a performance-based rewards program. It integrates the strengths of the previous WSIB Small Business, Safety Groups, and Workwell programs into a new improved model.

This new Excellence Program is designed to provide businesses with a clear road map to improving their health and safety processes and systems.

Participants create safer workplaces and can earn both financial and non-financial rewards

Learn more at IHSA's Health and Safety Excellence Program

General email inquiries - [email protected]

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Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, including oxycodone (OxyContin®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), codeine, and morphine. Opioid overdoses and deaths are a public health crisis affecting many working Canadians.

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Everyone has mental health concerns from time to time. But what some may consider “normal”

challenges can develop into a mental illness if left unaddressed. A mental illness is a medically

diagnosed disorder that affects how a person thinks, behaves, and interacts with others. It can

have a prolonged, negative effect on quality of life.

• By age 40, about 50% of people will have—or will have had—a mental illness.

• Approximately 11 Canadians die by suicide each day—about 4,000 people annually.

Compare that to workplace-related fatalities, which are about three daily, or 1,017 per year

Resources mentioned during the podcast can be located below, and within IHSA’s Assessing Your Mental Health Safety Talk.

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Mental health and physical health are similar concepts: they both refer to states of well-being. Mental health includes your thoughts and emotions, feelings of connection to others, and ability to manage life’s highs and lows. We all have mental health challenges, just as we all have physical health challenges, from time to time. It’s important to monitor your mental health and seek help and support if you are concerned.

Resources mentioned during the podcast can be located below, and within IHSA’s Assessing Your Mental Health Safety Talk.

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