Toolbox Meetings, Tailgate Meetings and Crew Talks

  Toolbox meetings (tailgate meetings or crew talks) can be an effective way to deliver information, introduce new concepts, skills or procedures, and generate work-based discussions. Although most prevalent in the construction industry, toolbox meetings can be used to promote safety in the spectrum of workplace industries, environments and situations. Seizing the opportunity to hold[…]

Safe At Work Ontario

  In June 2008, in its continuing effort to eliminate all workplace injuries, the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Labour launched the Safe At Work Ontario compliance strategy. The strategy is designed to improve the culture of workplace health and safety; reduce workplace illness and injuries; reduce the burden on the provincial health care system;[…]

Global Worker Safety Declaration

  The importance of workplace health and safety has been brought into the spotlight on an international level, with the recent announcement of the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work. This summer, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the Declaration in an effort to establish a global culture of workplace health and safety.[…]

Workplace Health, Safety AND Wellness

  Workplace health and safety programs generally focus on accident/incident assessment and avoidance, and are established to ensure that employees (and others) perceive the workplace as a stable environment in which they are able to carry out their jobs safely and effectively. However, many management teams fail to consider the fact that the ‘health’ aspect of[…]

Adverse Incident Reporting and Tracking

  A workplace incident is categorized by severity, and generally defined as a situation or occurrence that adversely affects the safety and well-being of the people and/or operation of a facility. In order to deal with a workplace incident adequately, management must establish a plan for investigating, reporting and correcting the things that contributed to[…]

Global Harmonization System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

  The Global Harmonization System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals is a system proposed by the United Nations to standardize the labelling of chemicals around the world. The GHS has been in development for many years and is closer to implementation now than ever.   GHS is an international system designed to standardize the[…]

Conducting Toolbox Meetings

  Toolbox meetings (or crew talks) can be an effective way to deliver information, introduce new concepts, skills or procedures, and generate work-based discussions. Although most prevalent in the construction industry, toolbox meetings can be used to promote safety in the spectrum of workplace industries, environments and situations. Seizing the opportunity to hold an informal[…]