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Upcoming WHSS Events:
JOINT HEALTH & SAFETY CERTIFICATION TRAINING
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Wilkens Health and Safety Solutions (WHSS) is the only MOL approved Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) certification training provider located in Kingston.
As most workplaces with 20 or more workers must have a JHSC established, we regularly hold training sessions. At least one worker and one management representative of this committee must be certified completing the prescribed training standards set by the Ministry of Labour (MOL).
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Part One
Basic Certification Training
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Part one basic certification training provides an overall knowledge of the Health and Safety legislation that applies to most workplaces.
Upcoming Part 1 Training Dates:
- July 15 & 16, 2015
- August 13 & 14, 2015
- September 21 & 22, 2015
- October 19 & 20, 2015
- November 9 & 10, 2015
- December 3 & 4, 2015
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Part Two
Workplace-Specific Hazard Training
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Part two workplace-specific hazard training focuses on significant hazards in your workplace. It covers how to access those hazards and ways to control and/or eliminate them. Depending on your industry, and sector, Part Two, Workplace-Specific Hazard Training is either a 1-day or 2-day session.
Upcoming Part 2 Training Dates:
- July 30, 2015
- August 27, 2015
- October 8, 2015
- November 20, 2015
- December 14, 2015
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Contact our office to register for the Basic Training Course or to set up your part two certification training.
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WHSS Staff Take Part in KPSC Road Safety Checkpoints
Friday June 5, 2015
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This year Kingston: Partners for a Safe Community conducted their annual Road Safety Checkpoints during road safety week to track how many individuals are distracted while driving due to cellphone use.
Cellphone usage is one of the biggest causes of distracted driving. During the two hour period, 4,471 drivers were observed passing through the busy city intersections. 68 drivers were seen distracted by their hand held cellphones.
Ensure your employees are practicing safe and attentive driving when at work. Watch some tips for road safety compliance while at work here.
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Farm Girl Case Closed as Employees Paid, Ministry Says
June 14, 2015
-Kingston
ON
The Ministry of Labour has competed its investigation into Farm Girl Food Co. after the business agreed to pay four former employees' wage claims.
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Company Fined $70,000 After Worker Suffers Fracture
June 5, 2015 -Toronto, ON
Avenue Building Corporation, a company that provides concrete framework for construction projects, has recieved a fine of $70,000 after a worker was injured. A worker stumbled and tripped, suffering a fracture to one leg.
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Project Manager for Metron Construction convicted of criminal negligence in Christmas Eve fatalities. Three individuals and two companies now convicted
June 26. 2015
The project manager who supervised the four workers who died after a swing stage scaffold collapsed on Christmas Eve, 2009, has been found guilty on four counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.
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Protect Your Outdoor Workers:
The Risk of Lyme Disease
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| In addition to the risk of heat stress when working in extreme summer heat, outdoor workers in Ontario are also at risk of contracting Lyme disease. The risk of Lyme disease is in more areas throughout Ontario than originally thought. Blacklegged ticks, previously known as deer ticks, can transmit Lyme disease to your outdoor workers.
While not all blacklegged ticks are infected with the bacteria, being bitten by one can transmit the bacterial infection referred to as Borrelia burgdoferi to humans. These ticks are most commonly found in wooded areas or tall grasslands. In Ontario particularly they can be found in provincial and national parks along Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River, and along the north shores of Lake Erie. Examples of occupations at risk:
- Park Workers, Wildlife Management or Grounds Keepers
- Loggers
- Construction Workers
- Farmers and Fishers
- Camp Counselors
- Landscapers
- Biologists
- Veterinarians
- Tree Planters
Read more for information on how you can protect your workers from the risk of Lyme disease this summer. |
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WHSS is Now an Approved Working at Heights Training Partner
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Are your workers meeting the requirements of the new working at heights legislation?
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The Ministry of Labour has mandated that as of April 1, 2015 employers must ensure workers have completed a working at heights training program that has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer and Delivered by an approved training provider before they can work at heights.
New Employees being trained to work at heights for the first time must meet these new requirements. There is a two-year transition period for workers who met the fall protection training requirements prior to April 1, 2015.
WHSS has been designated by the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) as an approved Working at Heights Training Partner.
A schedule of our up-coming courses will be released soon.
For more info call us today: 613.546.9814
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| "The Changing Workplaces Review" |
As the nature of the modern workplace is ever changing, Ontario has launched public consultations to consider how the
Labour Relations Act, 1995
and
Employment Standards Act, 2000
could be amended to best protect workers while supporting businesses in the changing economy.
If you are an employer or employee and would like to provide input to the review, please contact the Ontario Ministry of Labour by email: CWR.SpecialAdvisors@ontario.ca
The Special Advisors to the Review are also leading public consultation meetings across Ontario throughout the summer and into early fall.
Kingston's consultation meeting will be held Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Location: Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront, 2 Princess Street.
If you are interested in making a presentation at one of the sessions:
call: 1-888-868-5844
Click here for the full list of public consultation meetings throughout Ontario.
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| For any additional Employment Standards inquiries, please contact our employment standards consultant, Patti Conboy at 613-546-9814 ext. 225 or pconboy@whss.ca |
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Ontario's Construction Health & Safety Advisory Group
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Are you part of the construction trades and worried about all of the health and safety requirements for your workplace? 
Ontario is now working to protect construction workers in the province through the creation of a Construction Health and Safety Advisory Group.
This advisory group will help assist the government to develop and implement a Construction Health and Safety Action Plan. The group will include equal numbers of labour and employer representatives and will work to strengthen workplace injury and illness prevention for construction workers across the province.
Read more about this Advisory Group and what they will be striving towards.
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Reminder: Canada has aligned the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
The WHMIS 2015 legislation in currently in force, meaning that suppliers may begin to use and follow the new requirements for labels and safety data sheets (SDSs) for hazardous products sold, distributed, or imported into Canada. However, there is a transition period with various stages. Please read more on the transition period for WHMIS 2015.
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) offers several e-courses on WHMIS 2015. Register your employees for a free e-course on the changes made to WHMIS 2015 here.
For more information on these changes see this WHMIS 2015 Fact Sheet.
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