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Chemical Safety & Risk Management – It’s More Than WHMIS

Rob Hallsworth
9 September 2020
10:16 am
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Originally Posted January 29, 2019 I was very fortunate to spend 22 years working in leadership roles with ExxonMobil where I learned a business can improve its overall performance by improving its chemical safety performance. Key Concepts to Improve Safety Performance: Understand people's needs. This is at the heart of an effective safety program. Pay […]

Prevent Occupational Disease Using Your Company’s Own Data!

Lisa Hallsworth
28 July 2020
5:30 pm
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Data has long been the basis of good science. Remembering our earliest science experiments, until our hypotheses were confirmed by data, they were really just educated guesses. Workplace Data for Good Today, data is easier to gather than ever before and the challenge is how to effectively present and use it, for the greater good. […]

Disinfectants That Meet EPA & Health Canada Criteria Against Coronavirus

Lisa Hallsworth
17 March 2020
12:15 pm
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Originally Posted: March 17, 2020 Updated: February 15th, 2022 With the peak of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus behind us and a large portion of the Canadian population now vaccinated, there is hope that 2022 will see businesses being able to sustain focus on strategies to recover. Still, many people in and outside of […]

Can a Designated Substance Help You Keep SDSs Up-To-Date?

Rob Hallsworth
28 February 2020
1:04 pm
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Keeping Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) up to date can take a huge amount of time. Time that most organizations do not have. But not having current information puts workers at risk for both acute and chronic health issues. What The Regulations Say In Canada, the Hazardous Product Act (federal legislation) and the provinces WHMIS legislation […]

You are Using Too Many Chemicals in Your Workplace

Rob Hallsworth
10 February 2020
8:51 pm
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Our first client proudly provided us with the documentation for the chemicals they used in their manufacturing facility – 255 items. Today they use 91 different chemicals. And they are not alone. Across the board, in over 100 workplaces, we have seen organizations use more chemicals then they need to! This creates: Unnecessary safety and […]

Will My Liability Increase if I Provide Instructions beyond what an SDS Provides?

Rob Hallsworth
20 January 2020
9:00 am
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Our short answer is no, your liability won't increase – Employers are responsible for providing and ensuring workplace specific instructions/procedures are followed. But don’t take our word for it let’s look at what the Occupational Health and Safety Act says in general about responsibilities, what the Ministry of Labour's (MOL) interpretation of the WHMIS regulations […]