5 important safety stories you may have missed
Safety Tip – Small Business This list of tips will help any small business become compliant with OHS regulations and help increase the safety for your workers. 5 tips for a better ROI on safety system audits Is your organization suffering from audit fatigue? Whether…
Safety Meeting and Toolbox Talks
One of the key parts of a safety awareness program is the safety meeting and the safety meeting is one of the best methods to motivate workers to get safety out of the classroom and into their job. Safety meetings impact all of the following:…
Daylight Savings this weekend. Time to Spring Forward.
Not all of Canada observes Daylight Saving Time – notably most of Saskatchewan, Fort Nelson, Creston and the Peace River Regional District in B.C., don’t change their clocks. A few towns in Ontario and Quebec’s north shore also don’t do Daylight Saving. Neither do most…
What to do if you overdose on Fentanyl
Fentanyl overdose has been a deadly epidemic in North America for several years now and the death toll is rising. According to the Globe and Mail, Alberta’s opioid overdose fatalities were at a record high for 2018. An overdose can happen quickly and without warning. You…
6 Daylight Savings tips to help you Fall Back Safely
This weekend is the end of daylight savings time for 2018. This is the time of year that we all set our clocks back an hour. This is also the perfect time of year for your semi-annual safety checks. Check out this great list below: #1 –…
Summer Boating Safety Reminder
It may be the end of July, but it seems as though temperatures across the country are only just heating up for the summer. As always, we encourage a healthy dose of safety to go with your summer fun, so before you head out on the…
Biological Hazards: Workplace Hazards Series
WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR WORKPLACE FROM THEM No Workplace is immune from Biological Hazards. They can appear and disappear due to a variety of factors, so it is important for one to be prepared for them in the workplace. In this…
Beat the Heat!
TOP 5 SUMMER HAZARDS When summertime rolls around, it’s easy to forget that even the clearest weather and sunshine can create hazards when working outdoors. If you find yourself working alone outside, you’ll need to take extra precautions as any potential problems are made worse…
Heart Attack and Stroke in the Work Place: Do you know the Warning Signs?
RECOGNIZING THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE COULD SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE. Every 7 minutes, someone in Canada dies from heart disease or stroke (Statistics Canada, 2011). If a co-worker was experiencing symptoms of a stroke or heart attack at a job site,…