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Archives

May 2013

Articles:
  • IHSA Safety Talk: Safe Setup of Heavy Equipment
  • Have your say about revisions to OTM Book 7
  • Infrastructure Ontario looks at COR™ guidelines
  • Asbestos and vehicle maintenance
  • Product spotlight: IHSA's Demolition Health and Safety Manual

April 2013

Articles:
  • IHSA Safety Talk: Underground Utilities
  • You're invited to the HRSDC Labour Program's Open House
  • Advisory: Gas Line and Sewer Line Conflicts
  • MOL Inspection Blitz Schedule
  • NAOSH Week
  • Prepare for the MOL excavation blitz in May
  • IHSA supports Ryerson student project in Northern Ontario
  • Kingston Health and Safety Conference

March 2013

Articles:
  • IHSA Safety Talk: Floor and roof openings
  • IHSA.ca Magazine latest issue now available
  • Safety awareness seminars for low-rise residential roofing
  • Foundations of Facilitating, Training and Learning to replace IHSA's Principles of Effective Training course
  • Health and safety advisory: Heat stress and Type 3 asbestos operations
  • IHSA begins review process for Electrical Utility Safety Rules
  • Health and safety spring blitz for aggregates sector
  • April is Dig Safe month

February 2013

Articles:
  • IHSA Safety Talk: Housekeeping
  • New Minister of Labour appointed
  • MOL issues advisory on workers falling through skylights
  • IHSA Training and Product Catalogues now available
  • Help develop OHS leading indicators
  • Changes coming for commercial drivers over 65

January 2013

Articles:
  • IHSA Safety Talk: Working around bird and bat droppings
  • Prevention awareness products from the Ministry of Labour
  • IHSA industry events in February
  • IHSA welcomes Chinese delegation for tour of facilities
  • Bill 119: Mandatory coverage in construction
  • Slips, trips, and falls the focus of MOL's next safety blitz

December 2012

Articles:
  • Safety Talk: Needlestick and sharp-object injuries
  • Safety Group deadline extended: Join one of IHSA's groups today
  • Ministry releases results from summer struck-by blitz
  • Product spotlight: IHSA Occupational Health risk Brochures
  • Booking IHSA training dates in 2013
  • New poster available through online ordering
  • Have a safe and happy holiday from IHSA

November 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Slips and falls—Unloading structural steel
  • MOL alert: Photovoltaic systems
  • Join IHSA's Construction, Electrical, or Transportation Safety Group in 2013
  • Ministry releases results from summer pits and quarries blitz
  • IHSA.ca Magazine subscriptions available
  • IHSA launches poster campaign

October 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Welding—Inhalation hazards
  • WSIB mandatory coverage coming
  • SCIP training in Northern Ontario
  • How IHSA can help you: Free seminars available
  • Mobile Classroom is on the road
  • IHSA product spotlight: Supervisor Log Book
  • IHSA.ca Magazine now available

September 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Responsibilities
  • IHSA Annual General Meeting September 26
  • Draft of Hazardous Energy Standard (CSA Z460) now available for comment
  • Supervisor blitz continues throughout the fall
  • Ontario Truck Driving Championships

August 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Job safety analysis
  • IHSA hosts a number of sessions, seminars this fall
  • MOL holds supervisory blitz in September - October
  • Annual Fleet Safety Council Educational Conference to be held in Markham
  • IHSA Annual General Meeting to feature Rob Ellis

July 2012

Articles:
  • IHSA Safety talk: Dump Truck Tipovers
  • Save the date: IHSA Annual General Meeting
  • New mandatory poster now available
  • Two MOL blitzes this month focus on IHSA member industries
  • New IHSA Health & Safety Magazine now available
  • MOL warns outdoor workers about Lyme disease

June 2012

Articles:
  • IHSA Safety Talk: Traffic control on public roads
  • IHSA training facility coming to Northern Ontario
  • MOL online forms now available
  • MTO releases Ontario Road Safety Annual Report
  • Visit IHSA's News and Events page
  • Health and safety advisory: Roof openings and skylights
  • Ontario passes mandatory “one call” legislation

May 2012

Articles:
  • Safety Talk: Working on Stockpiles
  • Latest issue of IHSA Health & Safety Magazine now available
  • IHSA issues advisory on heavy equipment "quick couplers"
  • Ministry of Labour releases latest blitz schedule
  • Prepare for the June struck-by blitz

April 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Hoisting signals demonstration
  • IHSA will meet your training needs when you need them
  • Professional association provides opportunity for information exchange
  • Day of Mourning: April 28
  • IHSA is committed to the North
  • Basics of Supervising training course free to members
  • IHSA provides information and resources at Stratford home show

March 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Responsibilities
  • Ministry of Labour looks at high-risk construction in March
  • Utilities celebrate safety achievements
  • Ministry of Labour seeks members for new Prevention Council
  • CHSI Research Exchange Series presentation focuses on shiftwork
  • HRSDC hosts NAOSH open house in Toronto

February 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Stretching exercises
  • Trade profiles outline controls for MSDs
  • Ladder use in construction guideline released
  • IHSA on the road with spring aggregate program
  • Tower crane blitz results released
  • Upcoming MOL blitz to focus on construction sector
  • Follow IHSA on Twitter

January 2012

Articles:
  • Safety talk: Winter hazards
  • IHSA revamps website, adds Twitter
  • US cell phone ban for commercial vehicle drivers now in effect
  • Update on WSIB registration for construction firms
  • Changes to the OHSA explained
  • CHSI Research Exchange Series: A toolkit for newcomers on OHS and workers' compensation
  • MOL looks at MSDs in February blitz

December 2011

Articles:
  • Health and safety alert: Overhead Pole-Top Style SMD-20 Power Fuses
  • Winter driving tips for everyone
  • Due diligence seminar
  • Do you know the first aid requirements?
  • IHSA Electrical and Transportation Safety Groups: investing in safety pays dividends
  • Health & Safety Magazine now available

November 2011

Articles:
  • Light up the worksite
  • Toronto safety show a success
  • IHSA releases strategic plan
  • Fall prevention poster available for free
  • Neil McCormick retires
  • Free occupational illness and infectious disease awareness session in Dec

October 2011

Articles:
  • Stretching before work
  • Free due diligence seminars by IHSA
  • IHSA hosts annual general meeting
  • Health & Safety Magazine now available
  • Heavy equipment—health and safety resources and programs

September 2011

Articles:
  • IHSA and Toronto committee host two-day safety show
  • Ministry of Labour releases new diving inspection plan
  • IHSA taking part in two northern events
  • New program for aggregate firms this fall

August 2011

Articles:
  • MOL looking at access equipment in August blitz
  • Set up concrete pumps on site safely
  • Transportation Safety Group hosts safety seminar: An inside look
  • IHSA achieves accreditation for national safety program

July 2011

Articles:
  • Confined space regulation consolidated
  • MOL launches tower crane safety video
  • Aggregates the focus of July blitz
  • Training spotlight: Working at Heights
  • IHSA careers: Are you interested in a career that makes a difference?

June 2011

Articles:
  • The hazards of fatigue
  • MOL inspectors looking for trade qualifications
  • Changes to safety inspection standards for commercial vehicles
  • Ontario Truck Driving Championships slated for July
  • Confined spaces: MOL consolidates regulatory requirements
  • Work Reintegration and WSIB Claims Management course

May 2011

Articles:
  • Protecting your young and new workers
  • Blitz: Low-rise residential construction
  • Blitz: Tower cranes
  • Roadcheck 2011: June 7-9
  • Using social media to encourage road safety
  • IHSA hosts workplace violence workshop

April 2011

Articles:
  • April magazine full of prevention info
  • New website for Health & Safety Ontario
  • Safety talk on noise
  • Fall protection equipment must meet standards
  • Day of Mourning: April 28
  • Introduction to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act
  • Update on plans for our health and safety system

March 2011

Articles:
  • Your new e-bulletin: 2-Minute News
  • Manual material handling
  • Spring start-up
  • Residential framers: prevent falls
  • Bill 160 now before provincial parliament