Ontario Safety Inspection Blitz & Resources to Help You Prepare
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour just released its schedule for inspection blitzes for the rest of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. The schedule includes inspections focusing on compliance with both OHS and employment standards requirements.
Here’s the schedule as well as links to OHS Insider resources to help you make sure your workplace can pass inspection:
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2013-2014 MOL BLITZ SCHEDULE |
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Focus |
Sector |
Dates |
OHSI Resources |
| Vulnerable Workers | OHS:Industrial, Health Care: New and Young WorkersEmployment standards: Salons, spas, nail salons |
May ‘ Aug. 2013May ‘ Aug. 2013 | New and Young Worker Compliance Centre |
| Excavation | Construction (OHS) | May 2013 | Focus on: Construction SafetyHazard Profile: Excavations and Trenching |
| Internal Responsibility System | Mining (OHS) | July 2013 | Mining Operations at RiskThe IRS in Ontario Mines |
| Musculoskeletal Disorders | Healthcare (OHS) | Sept.-Oct. 2013 | Ergonomics Compliance Centre |
| Fall Hazards | Construction (OHS) | Sept.-Oct. 2013 | Fall Protection PlansHierarchy of Fall Protection Equipment |
| Retail Services | Employment standards:Gas stations Retail chains Convenience store franchises/chainsOther retail/grocery |
Oct.-Dec. 2013 | |
| Ground Control | Mining (OHS) | Oct. 2013 | Traffic Control PlansTraffic Control Plan Form |
| Recycling and Waste Management | Industrial Healthcare (OHS) | Nov.-Dec. 2013 | Hauling Hazardous WasteClassifying Waste |
| Locking and Tagging in Mine Hoisting Plants | Mining (OHS) | Jan.-Feb. 2014 | General LockoutGroup Lockout |
| Construction in Active Workplaces | OHS:Construction Industrial |
Jan. 2014 | Traffic Control PlansTraffic Control Plan Form |
| Warehousing | Industrial (OHS) | Feb.-March 2014 | Materials HandlingForklift Inspection Checklist |