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Case Study: Municipalities Management of Chemicals

Blog / Lisa Hallsworth / 16 October 2018 / Customer Success, Municipalities, Occupational Health, Regulations, Safety Data Sheets, WHMIS, Workplace Health

Municipalities use hundreds of chemicals in their day to day operations for cleaning, maintenance, water treatment, waste water treatment, swimming pools, arenas, etc. Managing employee occupational health and safety and the regulatory requirements for these chemicals can be challenging at best. SDS RiskAssist™ works with the municipalities’ WHMIS documents. It reads the safety data sheets, compares […]

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Case Study: How Safety Consultants Use SDS RiskAssist

Blog / Lisa Hallsworth / 28 September 2018 / Customer Success, Occupational Health, Technology, WHMIS, Workplace Health

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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Case Study: Loyalist College & SDS RiskAssist

Blog / Lisa Hallsworth / 1 September 2018 / Customer Success, Education, Occupational Health, Technology, WHMIS

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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Are You a Chemical Bystander?

Chemical Safety Tips, Blog / Rob Hallsworth / 25 April 2018 / Occupational Health, Toxic Chemicals, WHMIS

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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‪My #PressForProgress – Responsible Chemical Management

Blog / Lisa Hallsworth / 12 March 2018 / Chemical Risk Management, Occupational Health

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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Are You Frustrated by WHMIS?

Blog, Chemical Safety Tips / Rob Hallsworth / 29 January 2018 / Chemical Management System, Occupational Health, Technology, WHMIS

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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