Build your plan to take action on workplace hazards

CCOHS introduces OSH Essentials hazard planning tool

In every workplace there are hazards - a potential source of injury, illness, or damage which can cause harm to your employees, the equipment around them, or the environment in which they work. Workplace hazards can come from a wide range of sources, with varying degrees of associated risk.

To help you manage the risks of hazards in your workplace, CCOHS has created OSH Essentials™, a new online tool to build a hazard management plan specific to your workplace.

With interactive features and practical information, OSH Essentials allows you to easily navigate a step-by-step process to help you identify, assess and control the hazards in your workplace. Checklists guide you through the steps of reviewing workplace activities, identifying potential and existing hazards, and learning relevant legislation by key sections. Choose from suggested control measures to create your final action plan that will help address the risks in your workplace.

Ten OSH Essentials topics are available, with more currently in the works:

Each OSH Essentials topic includes a summary and detailed list of relevant federal, provincial and territorial legislation, with access the text of key sections. Two options are available to purchase that will suit your needs: either federal plus one jurisdiction, or federal plus all jurisdictions.

When you purchase an OSH Essentials topic, you instantly gain access to it over the web and for the next 30 days. All OSH Essentials content is developed and reviewed by CCOHS' team of technical specialists.

Learn more about OSH Essentials as well as details about each topic

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Put a Label on it

Online tool for workplace label creation now available

Are all your chemicals labelled according to the regulations? Have you ever had to replace a damaged WHMIS or OSHA supplier label?

Labels are an important component of chemical hazard communication because they serve as a key reminder for workers of the product's hazards and that they need to take appropriate precautions to work safely with the product. Inadequate labelling of containers of hazardous chemicals is a common deficiency on compliance audits.

Make workplace labelling quick and accurate by using the web-based CANLabel labelling software with your adhesive labels. To improve compliance, keep the adhesive labels close to a computer in the lab or chemical storage area where chemicals are dispensed, to quickly create compliant labels when and where you need them.

Labelling a chemical product in compliance with WHMIS or OSHA regulations is easily done using CANLabel, for both employers writing workplace container labels, and for suppliers creating supplier labels. Since it recommends content based on the hazards of your product, you can select the right label content that you really need to protect workers, edit and customize your content, and print your unique label in minutes.

CANLabel works with off-the-shelf adhesive labels, plus it prepares French and Spanish translations in a snap. Try it for yourself - a demo version of CANLabel is free to try, and subscriptions start from only $100.

Learn more and try CANLabel

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Reduce Office Pains and Strains

Save 25% on featured e-courses, including Office Ergonomics

If you're sitting at a computer workstation right now, take a quick look around you. Is your chair too high or too low? Have you been sitting in that same position for an extended period of time? Are you slouched in your seat? You or your workers may very well be developing a musculoskeletal disorder.

Learn how to reduce the risk of injury to muscles and joints in the hands, arms and back when working on computers and other office equipment, by taking CCOHS' Office Ergonomics e-course. Purchase by November 30 and save 25%.

You can also save 25% on these other featured e-courses:

• Violence in the Workplace: Recognize the Risk and Take Action - Develop a clear understanding of what workplace violence is, the consequences of workplace violence and find out what preventative measures can be taken.
• Ladder Safety - Discover what you need to know in order to work safely with ladders, including inspection, set up, and safety while on the ladder.

See all CCOHS e-courses

 

 

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Make Sense of Scents in the Workplace

Tools to move to a scent-free workplace

Scents are found in countless products that we use every day including soaps, detergents, household cleaners and personal care products such as shampoo, body wash and aftershave. And although these products may smell pleasant, for your coworker with scent sensitivities, they may come with unpleasant health effects.

The person wearing scents can be affected by them as well as anyone they come into contact with. This can create a challenge in the workplace where people interact or sit close to one another. Some workplaces promote the "arm's length" rule: that no scent should be detectable at more than an arm's length from the individual.

Others are going one step further and adopting a scent-free policy for their workplace. Planning to make the transition? CCOHS has tools to help:

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Practical Solutions for Travelling Safely

CCOHS releases new e-course on travel safety

When you or your workers travel for work, the responsibility for their health and safety goes beyond the walls of your workplace and often beyond borders.

The new Travel Safety for Canadian Businesses e-course from CCOHS addresses the issues people may face while travelling, including situations that may involve violence and other criminal activity.

Participants will be introduced to duty of care requirements, basic threat and risk analysis steps, and the essential components of a travel risk management program. A number of practical solutions to increase safety for travellers and to prepare organizations and managers to deal with a safety incident are also included in the course.

This course is recommended for both employees who travel for work and for those who deal with travellers on a regular basis, along with supervisors and management.

CCOHS partnered with iHR Solutions, a national leader in helping companies manage Human Risk, to create and develop this e-course.

Learn more and register online

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New Podcasts Focus on Ergonomics

Check out the latest episodes from CCOHS

Get health and safety to go! Simply download these podcasts to your computer or MP3 player and listen to them at your own convenience. Our latest episodes focus on ergonomic issues:

See all podcasts | Subscribe on iTunes

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