Occupational Hygiene and Safety Services provides a wide range of services including assessments, program development, training and advice. Using the approach of anticipation, identification, assessment, control, and communication, we deal with issues such as accident investigations and statistics, audits and inspections, first aid, asbestos and other Designated Substances, mould, noise, ergonomics, chemical safety, heat/cold stress, indoor air quality, materials handling, lockout-tagout and working at heights and in confined spaces.
Services
- Accident and Injury Reporting
- Asbestos
- Cleaning Bird and Animal Urine, Feces and Nesting Areas (PDF)
- Cold Stress (PDF)
- Confined Spaces (Program) (PDF), Appendix A (PDF), Appendices B-F (PDF), Appendices G-J (PDF) and Restricted Spaces (Standard) (PDF)
- Ergonomics (office)
- Fall Protection (Work from Elevated Heights) (PDF)
- First Aid Program (PDF) and Training
- Heat Stress (PDF)
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA) (PDF)
- Kitchen Safety Guidelines (PDF), Posters (PDF) and Health and Safety Ontario Information: Baking and Cooking (PDF), Preparing Foods with Knives (PDF), Working in Dishwashing Areas (PDF) and Working in Service and Pickup Areas (PDF)
- Ladders Portal (PDF)
- Lead Program (PDF) and SOPs (PDF)
- Lifting Devices (PDF)
- Loading dock Guidelines (PDF), Appendix I – Ideal Lift (PDF), Appendix II – Loading Dock Safety Checklist (PDF) and Appendix III – Sample Posters (PDF)
- Lockout or Tagout (PDF) and Lockout Procedures (PDF)
- Machine Safety Guidelines (PDF)
- Mould Control Program (PDF) and Procedures for Remedicaiton of Fungi (Mould) in Indoor Environments
- Noise (PDF)
- Scaffolds (PDF)
- Scented Products Guidelines
- Silica (Crystalline) (PDF)
- Workplace Violence (links to: Policy with respect to Workplace Violence (PDF) & Workplace Violence Program (PDF))
- WSIB Coverage and Information (for more information on WSIB coverage, please contact the Health and Well-Being Department)
- Window Cleaning (PDF) and Working at Elevated Heights (Roofs) (PDF)