What’s Happening in Health & Safety in Ontario Presented by Keith Lamson “Safetydude”

What’s Happening in Health & Safety

in Ontario

Presented by

Keith Lamson

“Safetydude”

Sorry, but our time

is short

WSIBWorkwell has NOT gone away !

It’s being re-tooled

WSIB vs. MOL controlled

Ministry of Labourstatus quo on: Safety Groups

Certification Training

Prevention initiatives

Any new Training requirements can’t be implemented

until the Legislation is changed

Fall Blitz: Manufacturing & Industrial Workplaces

Machine guarding hazards

Repetitive strain injuries

Workplace Violence

Health Care Workplaces

Infection prevention and control

New prevention advisory council has been announced.

“The council will provide support for the Chief Prevention Officer and advise the Minister of Labour on the prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses, and the development of a provincial occupational health and safety strategy.”

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How many of you had

“FUN”

with understanding

and complying

with Bill 168 on

Workplace Violence?

Just

wait………

Soon to be released CSA Standard on Psychological Health & Safety in the

Workplace

A CSA standard has been

developed, setting out

optimistic goals and

processes for achieving

“psychological health and

safety” in the workplace.

“Voluntary Standard”

Accepted as best practice

Could be enforced through General Duty Clause in

extreme cases

Once you develop a formal Policy can be enforced or

used against organization if not met

“Workplace not always part of the problem,

but can always be part of the solution”

Goal is too look at Organizational issues not personal

ones.

EAP programs, Good HR Management Practises

are a must

Above and beyond the scope and abilities

of the average H&S Department

Immediately opens the door for:

• Third Party Benefits carriers to deny

mental stress claims as being “work related”

• Reduce burden for WSIB accepted stress claims

Recent

Very

Interesting

Decisions

Interesting !

Very

Interesting !

The Divisional Court confirms that

Employers and Contractors are required

to report a critical injury or fatality

suffered by a non-worker in the

"workplace" to the Ministry of Labour

Do you report

Serious

Customer

Accidents

to the MOL?

A worker takes a bet and for the sum of $100

staples his genital area to a 4x4 wooden plank in

the workplace lunchroom. Through the wonders of

modern technology this is recorded. A co-worker

posts this on the Internet.

He did what ?

The consequence:

The worker is discharged upon discovery by the

employer. The Ontario Labour Relations Board

upholds the discharge. The board states in

discussing the movie, “[i]f the…employees want

to emulate the principals of Jackass by self-

abuse, they may be free to do so when they are

not on the [workplace] premises and cannot be

identified as being associated with the

[employer].

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Metron

Bill C 45

Criminal

Negligence

Case“in contrast to proceedings under health and safety legislation, there is no due diligence defence to criminal negligence”

“should a person be injured or killed by the criminally negligent behaviour of a senior officer of the organization, the organization could be convicted regardless of the extent of any positive steps taken.”

Jeremy Warning

Barton v. Rona Ontario

Judge Lauwers did not find fault for terminating Mr. Barton’s employment for its own business reasons but doing so is a breach of contract which Mr. Barton was entitled to damages for wrongful dismissal.

In this case, the failure to provide a warning to Mr. Barton was indeed fatal to a finding of just cause for dismissal. The judge suggested that the option of discipline short of termination should have in fact been utilized.

Safety is a Life Event

not just a Work

Event

Keith Lamson

klamson@operationsafety.ca

905-878-3810

www.operationsafety.ca