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

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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

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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.

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Sam Pitaro, Lead COR™ Auditor, brings his experience with the external audit process to this episode as he outlines what to expect during the audit as well as how to achieve a smooth and successful experience. Sam and Stacey also talk about important timelines and administration associated with an external audit.

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In this episode, Stacey Blea, HSMS Consultant, discusses what to expect during your internal audit results debrief. Sam Pitaro, Lead auditor, provides insight into this experience and how to maximize its benefits for the organization

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The Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario) has been amended to require employers to provide naloxone kits and comply with related requirements if the employer becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that there may be a risk of a worker having an opioid overdose at a workplace where that worker performs work for the employer, or where the prescribed circumstances exist.

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UBC’s Dr. Chris McLeod describes the methodology he and his team utilized in conducting their research on how the Certificate of Recognition (COR™) program affected lost-time and high-impact injury rates in Ontario. In this discussion, IHSA’s Paul Casey also shares what prompted IHSA to engage with Dr. McLeod and the University of British Columbia.

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Toxic masculinity is a cultural norm that involves pressures on men to behave in a certain way—often based on outdated and unrealistic stereotypes of “manliness.” This does not mean that men are toxic. However, the pressures we place on men to live up to masculine ideals have been shown to be harmful to both men and women.

According to some researchers, toxic masculinity has three core components*:

1. Toughness: The notion that men should be physically strong, behaviourally aggressive, and unemotional.

2. Antifeminity: The idea that men should reject anything considered to be feminine, such as showing emotion or accepting help.

3. Power: The assumption that men must work toward obtaining power and status (social and financial) to gain the respect of others.

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