Maritime Shipping Safety

Working at a Desk: Safety Concerns

Working a desk job is one of the safest career paths for employees, yet the sector is not risk-free. What’s more, because such jobs are often viewed as harmless, [...]

Truck Driving Safety

Truck drivers provide a vital service for any industrialized society where goods must travel from producers to distributors, retail shops, and consumers. However, these employees often work alone and are [...]

International Air Freight Safety

International air freight may be a high cost-to-weight form of shipment, but it is also the fastest way to transport goods from one country to another. Since speed is essential [...]

Working with X-Rays: Safety Concerns

Despite the fact that a single x-ray does not emit enough harmful radiation to constitute a health risk, personnel working around or with machines capable of emitting ionizing radiation expose [...]

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Safety

Despite a very hazardous environment, pharmaceutical manufacturing safety has only become a pressing matter in the past few decades. More recently, statistics have shown that almost all accidents occurring in [...]

Workshop, Biology, and Chemistry Education Safety

Teachers who supervise workshop, biology, and chemistry classes in a laboratory are not only responsible for their own safety, but also for that of their students. Especially when working with [...]

Nuclear Power Work Safety

Nuclear power workers are exposed to a host of safety concerns that range from musculoskeletal issues related to improper working postures to radiation exposure and biohazard contamination. While some of [...]

Car Manufacturing and Service Safety

In Canada, the automotive industry employs more than one hundred thousand people, thus making a significant contribution to the nation’s economy. However, workers who specialize in car manufacturing and [...]

Factory Work Safety

Factory workers make up a significant proportion of all manufacturing employees, but in spite of the influx of technology in this industry, they continue to be exposed to a series [...]

Military Work Safety

On average, military work involves greater risk than other occupations. Novel technologies must often be used by employees in a multitude of environments where they haven’t been previously tested. [...]

Oil Extraction and Recovery Safety

Oil extraction and recovery is an intrinsic part of the oil and gas industry, but the process exposes workers to considerable risks on a daily basis. From exposure to toxic [...]

Retail Trade Safety

The retail sector is currently one of the largest employers in Canada, with more than 2.2 million people working as sales assistants, shelf stackers, checkout operators, delivery personnel, and apprentices in [...]

Wholesale Trade Safety

Wholesale trade ensures that manufactured goods are distributed to retailers and exporters, who can then make these products available for the wider public. Although the sector has become increasingly technologized [...]

Crane Operation Safety

Lifting and carrying heavy materials in industries such as construction and manufacturing is done almost entirely with the help of cranes, yet these vehicles can become as dangerous as they [...]

Sewage Treatment Safety

Hundreds of thousands of employees working in the sewage treatment sector ensure that Canadian cities, households, and streets are sanitized. Yet in the process, they are exposed to a series [...]

Sewer Inspection and Maintenance Safety

Working in sewer inspection and maintenance brings people in contact with a wide range of hazardous chemicals, biological products, and other life-endangering materials. The confined spaces of these work environments [...]

Scaffolding Safety

Nearly two thirds of construction workers will use scaffolding in their work at one point or another. Every year, there are thousands of scaffolding accidents reported to the authorities. Unfortunately, [...]

Tank Inspection and Maintenance Safety

Tank cleaning and maintenance is identified as an extremely dangerous activity. People working in such confined spaces are exposed to a number of life-threatening hazards that, if not managed properly, [...]

Pipeline Maintenance Safety

The risk of personal injury during pipeline work or maintenance is much higher than on other job sites due to the presence of high-pressure equipment, heavy suspended loads, and even [...]

Jackhammer Operation Safety

Jackhammers are routinely used in construction and mining, when workers are required to remove layers of rock, concrete, or asphalt. However, these pneumatic drills are as dangerous as they are [...]

Vacuum Truck Operation Safety

Vacuum trucks are essential for the existence of the Oil & Gas industry, but operators of such vehicles face considerable risks on a daily basis. From exposure to toxic gases to [...]

Aircraft Maintenance

Aircraft maintenance employees perform crucial tasks for the Canadian transportation industry, from inspections to overhaul, repair, replacements, and compliance with airworthiness directives. The lives of passengers depend on the ability [...]

Caregiving Safety

In-home caregivers fulfil an essential role for elderly people who struggle with daily living activities. As they assume responsibility for one or several seniors, such employees must also take good [...]

Nursing Safety

The wellbeing of nurses is important not just for the employees themselves, but also for the patients in their care. A well-rested and healthy nurse is able to provide apt [...]

Food Service Safety

While the food service industry might look glamorous on television, the jobs of everyone involved expose employees to a fair amount of occupational risk. Chefs have to constantly manage hot [...]

Coaching and Physical Education Safety

Out of all teaching careers, coaching and physical education is one of the most hazardous ones, both for the worker, as well as their pupils. An alarming number of injuries [...]

Secretarial Work Safety

People working in clerical jobs are exposed to a series of occupational hazards on a daily basis. However, most of these risks can be partially alleviated or entirely avoided through [...]

Therapy Support Safety

Therapists who work in large rehabilitation centers are exposed to a variety of occupational hazards. These often range from contagious diseases that might be transmitted on a human-to-human pathway to [...]

Special Education Safety

When it comes to matters of special education, workers have to balance out their own health and safety with the rights and needs of students with special education needs (SEN). [...]

Laboratory Pathology Safety

Despite working in a controlled setting, laboratory pathology employees have to manage the risk of contamination on a daily basis. From interacting with patient samples to handling highly contagious pathogens, [...]

Camping Safety

Camping can be done as a hobby or as part of a job, but without the proper training, both amateur and professional campers can become seriously injured and may even [...]

Operating Industrial Machinery: Safety Concerns

Industrial machinery is a staple of modern production chains, yet even with the advent of automatization, workers in manufacturing continue to report injuries on a daily basis. Working around industrial [...]

Wildlife Conservation Work Safety

Wildlife conservationists work towards the protection and preservation of certain environments and/or species, yet their intervention is rarely welcomed by the unknowing wildlife. From interactions with dangerous animals to [...]

Zookeeping Safety

Zookeeping can be a dangerous profession, but the vast majority of accidents in this line of work are preventable if all employees are properly trained. Although interacting with wild animals [...]

Cutting and Processing Trees: Safety Concerns

In spite of the recent emphasis on safety training and measures, logging continues to be one of the most dangerous professions in Canada and around the world. From climbing trees [...]

Baking Safety

Baking may not seem like a very dangerous profession, yet workers are nevertheless exposed to a series of risks that can lead to short-term injury and/or long-term illnesses. From [...]

Glass Production Safety

From exposure to dangerous chemicals and radiant energy to burns, ergonomic hazards, a very noisy work environment, heat stress, and respirable airborne particulates, glass production workers face a wide range [...]

Painting Safety

Although painting is relatively safe compared to other construction jobs, it nevertheless presents a unique set of risks that must be managed correctly to avoid injury. Fortunately, the majority of [...]

Road Construction and Maintenance Safety

Statistically speaking, roads are some of the most dangerous construction sites in Canada. Particularly due to the fact that, during road construction and maintenance, employees must work in close proximity [...]

Paper Production Safety

Even as most aspects of our lives become digitalized, we continue to rely on paper for packaging, labeling, advertising, and other similar purposes. The paper production sector thus remains a [...]

Plumbing Safety

Plumbing is an essential aspect of every construction project and a necessity for the maintenance of both residential and commercial buildings. Yet the work itself can be dangerous and, in [...]

Carpentering Safety

An essential aspect of every construction project, carpentering presents a unique set of occupational hazards that can only be avoided if workers are properly trained. From hazardous substances to the [...]

Vessel Repair and Demolition Safety

The construction, repair, and demolition of ships often consists of physically exhausting and perilous work that exposes employees to a wide range of risks, from asbestos and other hazardous materials, [...]

Flooring and Roof Installation Safety

Without proper guarding, trusses, or anchors, construction employees are exposed to an increased danger of falling when working on roofs or around floor openings. Although roof tasks are commonly seen [...]

Building Insulation Safety

As we continue to build a more sustainable society, insulation is becoming an increasingly important aspect of each construction project. A way to maintain the desired indoor temperature during hot [...]

Working with Heat-Resistant Products: Safety Concerns

Fire coating and heat-resistant products are primarily used in industrial and manufacturing buildings, power plants, agricultural storage units, and warehouses, where they are first applied in a liquid form. Once [...]

Handling Loads in a Warehouse: Safety Concerns

Every year, a significant number of warehouse injuries and more than several deaths are reported to governing bodies. The vast majority of these accidents occur as a result of the [...]

Roller Coaster Repair and Maintenance Safety

To ensure the continuous safety of visitors and hired personnel, rollercoasters must be inspected on a regular basis. Depending on the size of the theme park, maintenance technicians and ride [...]

Working with Concrete: Safety Concerns

Concrete is used extensively in bridges, roads, dams, pipes, drains, and buildings. Employees in both construction and the manufacturing of concrete are exposed to this composite material on a daily [...]

Industrial Cleaning Safety

A wet or dirty floor can spell disaster in an industrial setting, which is why the work of cleaning personnel is so important in this sector.

Peat Removal Safety

Peat may be extracted for one of two reasons: to allow workers and machines to reach deeper resources, or to be processed and sold as fuel. Although the environmental impact [...]

Drilling and Augering Safety

Drilling is one of the most fundamental and most dangerous steps in the extraction of oil and gas. The process is also common in the construction, agriculture, and landscaping industries, [...]

Boiler Operation Safety

Although seemingly easy to operate, marine boilers pose a series of occupational hazards for those who come in contact with them. Mistakes in the maintenance or operation of boiler systems [...]

Power Plant Work Safety

Power plants have become significantly safer over the past decades, yet workers are still faced with hazardous situations on a daily basis. From electrical burns to dangerous chemicals, boiler accidents [...]

Clearing and Grading Safety

Clearing and grading, topsoil stripping, and land levelling activities all involve the modification of land plots to prepare them for property development, reclaim disturbed areas, or ensure more efficient irrigation. [...]

Water Treatment Safety

Clean water is essential for a community’s livelihood and productivity, but employees who work in water treatment plants to ensure a steady supply of this vital liquid are exposed [...]

Metalworking Safety

Between casting iron, grinding, filing, milling, welding, soldering, brazing, plating, and other similar activities, metalworkers are exposed to a set of unique risks and require special training in order to [...]

Underground Mining Safety

Underground mining is one of the most rigorously regulated sectors in Canada, and rightfully so. Even though the number of work-related accidents and fatalities has decreased over the years, serious [...]

Quarrying Safety

Although quarrying is a process that is specific to the Mining Industry, the materials produced by quarries are required for the proper functioning of a wide range of sectors, including [...]

Electrical Work and Maintenance Safety

It is not uncommon for electricians to think that electrical-related accidents cannot happen to them, yet we know that most electrical accidents take place during maintenance work. Poor training, lack [...]

Firefighting Safety

Although firefighters are trained to deal with different types of emergencies – from car accidents to natural disasters, civil disturbances, medical emergencies, and more – their most important role remains the effective [...]

Farm Work Safety

In spite of recent technological innovations, agriculture continues to depend on the effort of farmworkers in order to function. Aside from the fact that such jobs can be physically exhausting, [...]

Window Washing Safety

Cleaning windows may seem like a simple task, but the job is actually as hazardous as it is necessary. The majority of accidents in this trade take place due to [...]

Plowing Safety

Although modern agriculture has given way to a variety of new tools and techniques, plowing continues to be one of the most important agricultural processes in modern history. Statistics indicate [...]

Landscaping Safety

Although the end-result of a landscaping project is undoubtedly beautiful, the work itself is arduous and dangerous. From insect bites to pesticides, chemicals, working at height, and the use of [...]

Hanging Banners and Signs: Safety Concerns

When used correctly, banners and signs can increase revenue for businesses by drawing the attention of potential customers and inviting them to step inside a shop. In addition, large banners [...]

Structural Features Installation Safety

In construction, structural features such as girders, beams, columns, and decking must be installed in order to properly distribute the weight of a building. Some of these features – such as [...]

Ductwork Installation and Maintenance Safety

Ductwork Installation and Maintenance is a routine task for most HVAC employees, who often face the same hazards as construction workers, but receive significantly less training than the latter. Over [...]

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE & HARASSMENT

Workplace violence and harassment are common, whether verbal, physical or sexual. Some workers opt to keep quiet about it, in fear that they might lose their jobs or discrimination from [...]

WHMIS 2015

WHMIS 2015 is the latest and most updated version of the regulations on workplace health and safety for handling hazardous materials (previously called “controlled substances” under WHMIS 1988). You may have heard [...]

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

You know from your employer that you need WHMIS training. But what exactly is it? In this article, we’re going to break down what WHMIS stands for and what [...]

WHMIS Training

With the new regulations taking effect, you may be wondering who should receive WHMIS training and whether you are compliant for WHMIS 2015.

WHMIS Online

If you need WHMIS training you might be wondering whether it is better to join an in-person class or to get your WHMIS online. Here are some of the main [...]