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WHSC ergonomics training deeply discounted during February

Workers Health & Safety Centre’s (WHSC) current ergonomics training campaign is targeting awareness and action to help prevent debilitating injuries throughout the year.

Inadequate work plan leads to critical injury and convictions

An Ontario employer and supervisor must pay $327,500 after being convicted of Occupational Health and Safety Act violations which caused a worker to suffer a critical injury.

Material handling hazards focus of MLITSD compliance initiative

Is your workplace doing enough to address the hazards associated with material handling? Doing more can potentially save lives and prevent debilitating injuries. It’s also the law!

RSI Awareness Day: Ergonomics training for awareness and action

Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSIs), also called Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), continue to plague Ontario’s workers causing pain, suffering and often life-altering injuries.

Preventing workplace sexual harassment—study finds TRAINING WORKS

Comprehensive policies, including training, are critical for understanding, addressing and preventing workplace sexual harassment, according to recent research.

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Are you resolved to make your workplace safer and healthier in 2025? If so, quality health and safety training should be a critical part of your plans.

Amended OHSA introduces new minimum fines, PPE improvements

Mandatory minimum fines for repeat offenders and better fitting personal protective equipment (PPE) are among recent changes to Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act (OHSA).

Has your JHSC certification expired? Refresher training is a must!

Joint health and safety committee (JHSC) members who are certified must take an approved refresher training program every three years to maintain certification status.

Register for WHSC’s French language health and safety training

Workers Health & Safety Centre (WHSC) has all the essential occupational health and safety training your workplace needs, including programs available for delivery in French.

Lack of machine guarding kills worker, leads to fines and training review

A Bradford, Ontario farmer who plead guilty for failing to meet machine guarding duties in the death of a worker, followed with a thorough health and safety training review.

Is your working at heights training certificate valid? WHSC can help!

Working at heights (WAH) training certificates expire three years from the date of successful completion of an approved training program.

Toronto relaunches ChemTRAC program to track hazardous substances

With the relaunch of a program which implements Toronto’s community right to know bylaw, advocates hope reductions in harmful chemical exposures will follow.

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