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December 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Winter Hazards
  • Ministry warns of elevating work platform crushing hazard
  • IHSA provides resources to help build workplace safety plans
  • Do you have an hour to prevent distracted driving?
  • Federally regulated firms face new requirements to prevent harassment and violence in the workplace
  • Happy holidays from IHSA
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November 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Extension ladders
  • Health and Safety Advisory: Carbon Monoxide (CO) Measurement and Controls (W123)
  • IHSA offers three free webinars on health and safety best practices during COVID-19
  • Product spotlight: Canada Labour Code (CLC) Training Requirements Chart
  • New manual available: Carbon Monoxide from Fuel-Powered Equipment (M076)
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October 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)—Risk factors
  • IHSA 2020 Annual General Meeting goes virtual
  • New eLearning course available: Preventing Falls in Trucking
  • Reminder: IHSA COVID-19 safety resources available online
  • Product spotlight: IHSA safety sticker redesign
  • Health and Safety Advisory: Fatigue and Other Effects from Face Mask Use
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September 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Working at heights—Site-specific training
  • IHSA supports Falls Awareness week September 14-18
  • Virtual Annual General Meeting set for October 7
  • IHSA is launching Road Safety Solutions campaign to prevent motor vehicle incidents in the trucking sector
  • Checking the safety record of a business
  • Applications for the WSIB 2020 Small Business Health and Safety Leadership Awards now open
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August 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Sharing the road with trucks
  • Have your say on IHSA's next strategic plan
  • IHSA supports Falls Awareness week September 14-18
  • MLTSD releases guidelines for access and fall protection in window cleaning
  • Product spotlight: Training Requirements Chart (W001)
  • Training spotlight: Trenching Safety eLearning
  • CVSA Brake Safety Week set for August 23-29
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July 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Heat stress
  • Conducting COVID-19 risk assessments
  • IHSA.ca Magazine now available
  • New addition to Road Safety Solutions resources
  • IHSA has resumed services
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June 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Sun Protection
  • IHSA has resumed services
  • Product spotlight: IHSA stickers supporting physical distancing now available
  • IHSA releases Guide to Developing a Fit for Work Policy (W022)
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May 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Respirators—Maintenance
  • Reminder: IHSA COVID-19 safety resources available online
  • IHSA grateful for supportive member network
  • Training spotlight: Defensive Driving eLearning
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April 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Safety at home
  • Reminder: IHSA COVID-19 safety resources available online
  • IHSA staff working to combat COVID-19 spread
  • Filing WSIB COVID-19 claims online
  • Transportation updates from the MTO
  • COR™ update from IHSA
  • April 28 — Day of Mourning
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March 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA COVID-19 safety resources available online
  • WAH regulation amendment
  • IHSA Safety Talk: Sharing the road with trucks
  • IHSA.ca Magazine now available
  • New eLearning courses available from IHSA
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February 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Driving—MSDs
  • IHSA launches COR™ 2020
  • Product spotlight: Joint Health and Safety / Worker Trades Committee Poster (2019 Ed) (P041)
  • IHSA joins OGCA at Leadership day
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January 2020

Articles:

  • IHSA Safety Talk: Electrical safety
  • Training spotlight: Two new courses for suspended access work
  • Health and Safety Advisory: Asbestos in Elevator Components (W158)
  • Musculoskeletal Hazards and Controls: Painters and Decorators (W332)
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