This resource list was created by Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) to support clients as they work through the Ministry of Labour’s Industrial blitzes. The resource list contains a selection of useful materials to assist organizations with awareness and compliance regarding all of the major hazards and key health and safety priorities.
For your reference, the Inspection Blitz Schedule can be found on the Ministry of Labour website.
New and Young Workers
Fast Fact:
- Young Worker Orientation
- 7-Step Assessment for New & Young Workers
- New Worker Health and Safety Checklist
Tools:
Workplace Violence
Fast Fact:
- Domestic Violence
- Protecting Workers Who Work Alone
- Workplace Violence – Complying with the OHS Legislation
- Workplace Bullying
Posters:
- Violence in the Workplace Poster
- Bullying Poster
- Domestic Violence Poster
- Respectful Workplace Poster
Tools:
- Addressing Domestic Violence in the Workplace Handbook
- Assessing Violence in the Community Handbook
- Bullying in the Workplace Handbook
- Workplace Violence Risk Assessment Tools
- Workplace Bullying and Domestic Violence Webinar
- Violence Assessment Tool (VAT)
Web Tutorials:
Training:
Cranes and Other Lifting Devices
Work Safe BC
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Excavation
Shoring Practice, Equipment, Trenching Procedures, Traffic Control, Electrical Hazard, Locates, Soil Types
Fast Fact:
Tools:
Health and Safety Ontario:
Training:
- Confined Space Entry Regulation 632/05
- Confined Space Rescue NFPA Awareness Level
- Confined Space Rescue NFPA Level 1 and 2 Combined Levels
- Control of Energy Hazards – Lock out Tag Out
- Traffic Protection Emergency Services
- Traffic Protection Municipal
- Trenching Safety – Municipal
- Trench Rescue: Awareness Level
Internal Responsibility System
Orientation and Supervision, Diligence, Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC)
Fast Fact:
- How to Investigate an Incident
- An Introduction to JHSC
- Health and Safety Management Systems
- Caught in the Middle: the Supervisor and Occupational Health and Safety
- Occupational Illness: Requirements to Report to the Ministry of Labour
- Occupational Illness: Infectious Disease Reporting form
- The Leadership Factor: Occupational Health and Safety Starts with Us
- Occupational Health and Safety is Everyone’s Business
- Workplace Inspection Report
- Employee Incident Report
Tools:
Training:
- Certification Part 1
- Certification Part 2
- Effective Leadership Book 1: Legislation, Standards and Codes
- Effective Leadership Book 2: The Internal Responsibility System and Due Diligence
- Effective Leadership Book 3: Hazard Awareness and Control
- Effective Leadership Book 4: Incident/Event Causation and Investigation
- Effective Leadership Book 5: Practical Approaches to PSHSA Effective Leadership – Moving Beyond Compliance
- Workplace Inspections
Ontario Ministry of Labour:
Pedestrian Traffic
Includes inside & outside workplace, loading bays and focus on pedestrian traffic at the workplace/yard
Fast Fact:
Posters:
Training:
Musculoskeletal Diseases (MSD)
Manual Material Handling
Fast Fact:
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Participatory Ergonomics
- Repetitive Work
- How Does My Back Work?
- How Much Can You Lift?
Tools:
Training:
Slips Trips and Falls
Ladders, Fall Protection, Guardrails, Scaffolding
Training:
- A Participatory Approach to Prevention Slips Trips and Falls for Employees & Public Safety
- Working at Heights Training
Mobile Material Handling Equipment
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety:
- Materials Handling – Overhead Crane Operation
- Forklift Trucks – Common Factors in
- Forklift Accidents
- Forklift Trucks – Load Handling
- Materials Handling – Crane and Hoist
- Hand Signals
Infrastructure Health and Safety Association:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
Occupational Disease
Exposures to Biohazards, Noise, Silica, Asbestos and Dust
Fast Fact:
- Occupational Illness: Requirements to Report to the Ministry of Labour
- Noise Exposure
- Phase Two Amendments to the Asbestos Regulation in Ontario
- WHMIS 2015 Fast Fact
- Risk Assessment and Job Hazard Analysis
- Beat the Heat: Preventing, Identifying and Treating Heat-Related Disorders
- Asbestos in the Educational Workplace
Training:
Posters:
Research:
Ontario Ministry of Labour:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety:
