PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

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A health and safety policy is the foundation of your safety program so it needs to be rock-solid.  For managers, supervisors and workers, effective communication ensures accountability, so responsibilities need to be well defined, ensuring expectations are clear and easy to understand. Your new policy instantly applies a set of standards and performance benchmarks to all of your future business activities. We’re experts in crafting professional grade occupational health and safety policy, insuring your program is comprehensive and robust. 

Putting a policy in place is a big first step but health and safety regulations, standards and best practices are constantly changing and evolving. We systematically evaluate existing policy and implement valuable enhancements. Workplace health and safety annual policy review is not just something we should do – in Ontario, the Occupational Safety Act requires that an Employer “prepare and review at least annually a written occupational health and safety policy and develop and maintain a program to implement that policy”.  

Employers have a duty to ensure that workers are familiar with any policy requirements, the laws that apply to their work and how to complete their job safely. We develop customized on-boarding packages to clarify expectations for workers.  Capturing a record of this process is a critical step in performing due diligence as an employer. Most importantly, a trained workforce is proven to enhance quality and at the same time, act as a prevention strategy, reducing incident frequency, and is also. 

Tools, equipment, materials and processes with the potential to cause injury or illness should have an associated Standard Operation Procedure (SOP).  In some circumstances, an SOP is required by law but even when they’re not required, an SOP is a valuable tool that will increase efficiency and is proven to reduce workplace injuries. Our SOP development process produce comprehensive Standard Operation Procedures that provides your workforce with the information and instruction required to protect their health and safety.  

Before beginning any new job, it’s important to familiarize all workers involved with the general scope of the work, including associated hazards and control methods.  A job safety analysis defines a sequence of tasks within a general scope, This process ensures that adequate information and instruction has provided and captured in a set of standardized documents, protecting the health and safety of your workers and demonstrating due diligence. 

Whether it’s working at height, lockout/tagout, confined space entry, respiratory protection or any other high-risk tasks, a specialized program or set of specific procedures, establishes standards for safe work practices and ensures regulatory compliance.  We evaluate the needs of your program then develop customized material, specific to your application.  As an employer with workers performing high-risk activities, a specialized program consistent of training, policy and procedures is absolutely critical.  

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In Ontario, performing workplace health and safety inspections is required by law, but beyond that, well performed inspections provide us with valuable insights and a legitimate opportunity to prevent an incident before it occurs.  Frequent inspections can identify trends, providing business owners, managers and supervisors with actionable information; these resulting acts become the cornerstone of an effective internal responsibility system.  We’ve developed a standardized inspection process that is comprehensive and simple to understand. Regular inspections are the follow through on the investment you’ve made in your health and safety program, and demonstrate your commitment to providing a safe and healthy workplace.

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