Occupational Health & Safety Management System Accreditation

The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development is currently conducting a consultation regarding the draft Occupational Health and Safety Management System Accreditation Standard.

The purpose of this draft standard is to outline the proposed elements that an Occupational Health & Safety Management System must contain in order to be accredited by Ontario’s Chief Prevention Officer. The standard’s objectives are to:

• Outline a best practice standard for effective occupational health and safety management systems;
• Reinforce the cooperation of all workplace parties in the promotion of the Internal Responsibility System;
• Encourage workplaces without health and safety management systems to work towards adopting them;
• Encourage employers who have already implemented health and safety management systems to engage in the continual improvement of their systems; and
• Encourage employers to champion health and safety in their business sector.

PSHSA has prepared our consultation response on behalf of our clients in the public and broader public sector.