HEALTH & SAFETY

Durham Landscape Ontario Meeting

Dana Greenly, Consultant WSPS dana.greenly@wsps.ca

March 4, 2014

Ontario’s Top Workplace Hazards

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)

Motor Vehicle Incidents

Machinery and Equipment

Slips, Trips and Falls (same level, heights)

MOL Initiatives

Mandatory Awareness Training July 1, 2014

Falls

New and Young Workers

Mandatory Awareness Training

Awareness Training for Workers and Supervisors

– Must be completed by July 1, 2014

– Different training requirements for supervisors and for workers

– Workers and supervisors already trained, either with their current or a former employer, do not have to take the training again if they can provide proof that they completed the training and it meets these requirements.

Awareness Training for Workers and Supervisors

Only need to complete this training once – there is no expiry date

For new supervisors, the training will have to be completed within one week of performing work as a supervisor.

The Ministry’s basic awareness training is designed to be delivered in approximately one hour.

Awareness Training for Workers and Supervisors

– Online training available on the MOL’s website (free)

– You must save and/or print the certificate before exiting the module.

Awareness Training for Workers and Supervisors

• Order booklets (free) from the MOL

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MOL Initiatives

Falls

– Housekeeping minimizing trip hazards

– Ladder safety

– Working at heights • New Working at Heights Training Program Standard

• The standard will initially be voluntary and will apply to workplaces in the construction sector, as well as to construction activity in other workplaces. The standard is expected to become mandatory by the summer of 2014 and will later be expanded to all sectors.

New Working at Heights Training Program Standard

What is the purpose of the Working at Heights Training Program Standard?

The purpose of the Working at Heights Training Program Standard is to establish a threshold of high quality, consistent training for Ontario workers who work at heights. This will strengthen workplace safety culture, improve worker knowledge and help reduce the number of fall related incidents, injuries and fatalities.

New Working at Heights Training Program Standard

What is the format of the Working at Heights Training Program Standard? Module 1: Basic Theory is knowledge and awareness-

based - at least 3 hours Module 2: Practical Equipment contains advanced

knowledge and hands on demonstration of equipment and procedures. This includes practical instruction in the proper care and use of fall protection equipment. - at least 3.5 hours

An evaluation of learners’ knowledge and competency is a part of each module. TEST

MOL Initiatives

New and Young Workers – Effective Orientations

– Trained on hazards, policies and work procedures

– MOL Blitz from May – August every year

Town of Bracebridge Fined $50,000 After Young Worker Injured

On August 31, 2011, three workers employed for the summer by the town's public works department were installing drainage culverts and adding gravel to the Wilson's Falls Trail.

Town of Bracebridge Fined $50,000 After Young Worker Injured

One of the workers was operating a tractor with a front-end loader attachment and carrying a load of gravel. While driving the tractor down an incline, the worker lost control of the tractor and its load. The tractor rolled over and pinned the worker by the leg, resulting in multiple fractures.

A Ministry of Labour investigation found that the worker lost control of the tractor and its load because of the weight being carried by the raised bucket and the incline it was travelling on. The Town of Bracebridge pleaded guilty to failing to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker on the safe lifting capacity for the tractor.

Recent Decision: Walinga Inc. Fined $20,000 For Failure to Report Injury On July 19, 2013, a worker was stacking parts onto a skid.

The worker was walking away when the last part stacked caused the load on the skid to tip and fall toward the worker. The worker's lower leg became trapped under the parts.

Once freed, the worker left the scene, proceeding to a health care facility to have any injuries assessed. At the hospital, the injured worker was diagnosed with a fracture of the fibula, a bone in the lower leg. Under the OHSA, a fracture is defined as a critical injury.

Critical Injury

A "critical injury" is an injury of a serious nature that,

places life in jeopardy,

produces unconsciousness,

results in substantial loss of blood

involves the fracture of a leg or arm but not a finger or toe,

involves the amputation of a leg, arm, hand or foot but not a finger or toe,

consists of burns to a major portion of the body, or

causes the loss of sight in an eye.

Critical Injury

Must report to the MOL immediately

Must preserve the scene

Must submit a report to the MOL within 4 days

GETTING MORE INFORMATION

Quick Reference or Resources for Information on Legislation and Hazards

E-Laws site: provides access to Ontario’s laws and regulations www.e-laws.gov.on.ca

Ministry of Labour: provides a variety of resources and publications www.labour.gov.on.ca

Your WSPS Consultant can help you and direct you to other health and safety information and resources and documents wsps.ca

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON ISSUES AND CONCERNS