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May 24, 2013
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We are the Workers Health & Safety Centre -- Ontario's designated occupational health and safety 'training centre'. Providing the highest quality health and safety training to Canadian workplaces of every size and in every sector, WE CAN HELP.
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What's News
| 2013 WHSC Post-Secondary Scholarship Initiative - Application Deadline: Friday, June 7, 2013 |
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Entries for the Workers Health & Safety Centre (WHSC) post-secondary scholarship initiative must be submitted no later than 4pm on Friday, June 7, 2013. MORE  |
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| St. Catharines Petitions for Welland Canal Workers Memorial |
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A local St. Catharines, Ontario newspaper is seeking signatures for their online petition to build a Welland Canal Workers Memorial. MORE |
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| Mandatory Health & Safety Training: Is your workplace in compliance? |
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Mandatory Health & Safety Training:
Is your workplace in compliance?
Register now for WHSC scheduled community training and save 10 %
Ontario health and safety law places extensive duties on employers to train workers and other workplace parties.
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| Work-related injuries, illnesses and death are alarmingly underreported |
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To make the case for prevention many will cite compensation statistics as they observe the Day of Mourning on April 28. However, it is important to remember these statistics represent only a fraction of the actual number of workers hurt on the job in any given year. Thousands of injuries, illnesses and deaths go unreported by employers, supervisors or workers even though reporting is mandated by law. MORE |
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| A Day of Mourning Message from Dave Killham, Executive Director, WHSC |
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Our movement for change
Train for it. Work for it.
“Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living.” On April 28, International Day of Mourning, this slogan will echo worldwide as workers, their families, and friends gather to remember those who have been killed, suffer disease or been injured as a result of work. Like many, I will remember much-loved faces behind the often-quoted statistics. MORE |
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