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Article introduces the case study about how safety consultants can use SDS RiskAssist to improve WHMIS chemical-specific training & their revenue
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Wondering how SDS RiskAssist™ is different from typical WHMIS Safety Data Sheet Management Solutions? Rillea’s Case Study with Loyalist College gives some insight on how occupational health and safety personnel have used SDS RiskAssist™ over the past year. They have been able to: justify the elimination of 30% of the College’s chemicals, quickly respond to a
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The bystander effect is a well documented social phenomenon that explains why, when confronted with an emergency, people do not act. In simple terms it states that the more people there are in the area when an emergency occurs the less likely an individual is to help. Two factors lead to this effect. The first
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I was honoured to be asked to present at an International Women’s Day event at Loyalist College on March 6th. I spoke about how I grew up on a farm, where I did everything from collecting eggs, to driving the tractor. During those years I learned from my Dad that “a good carpenter never blames
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WHMIS was created to help reduce the injuries, illnesses, deaths, medical costs, fires and explosions caused by the unsafe use of hazardous products. Despite these noble objectives, 30 years after its creation it is one of the most frustrating pieces of legislation in the Health and Safety area. Why is WHMIS so Difficult? Frustration exists
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Providers of online WHMIS education claim that their program will help employees to: “recognize hazardous materials, gather additional hazard information, and learn how to safely store, use and handle these items” They do it by teaching people to read the Safety Data Sheets or SDS. For a small amount of money and an hour of
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