Workers Health & Safety Centre
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Ontario's official health & safety training centre. Training for what matters most.
Ontario, Canada
Joined August 2013
. @iwhresearch's discussion of AI work adoption with @ArifJetha provides interesting and surprising insights. It touched on AI's varying impacts on different workers based on genders and education levels, as well as jobs with diverse skill requirements. https://t.co/j4dIqfx2nl
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An emergency room physician warns health-care employers will have a smaller pool of staff available with fewer temporary foreign workers coming. These pressures will impact worker's health and safety so we need to start to fill those gaps now. https://t.co/0vWZJpCoQp
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First aid training can be a matter of life or death. It offers essential life skills everyone should learn. And in the workplace, they are required by law. We are offering this training at deeply reduced pricing. Book now https://t.co/2sQoK9DcTv
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A tragic incident in 2023 involving a worker killed while operating an articulating boom crane is a vital reminder of the need to provide mandatory mobile crane operator training. WHSC can help with training for competency, compliance, and safer work. https://t.co/82tGLaMzfU
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Canadian workplaces are still seeing hundreds of fatalities each year despite decades of new regulations and safety knowledge, says a @UofRegina report. We need more aggressive investigation practices that prioritize safety and accountability https://t.co/Qzk2BPV5nW
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Stabbings and assaults against health care workers are part of workplace violence crisis that must end, says Linda Silas @CFNUPresident, President of @CFNU. Prevention and accountability are keys to stop this unacceptable trend https://t.co/ibHkcLuK8U
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Recent @NIOSH investigation confirms uncontrolled office renovations can lead to health problems. Hazards like poor ventilation, lack of containment, and exposure to volatile organic compounds are at issue. https://t.co/hEcNrys0SY
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Knowing correct first aid and CPR techniques can save lives. It ensures a fast, effective response and minimizes the impact of injuries or sudden health crises. Get certified training from WHSC for 30% off when booked by December 19. https://t.co/lCx4QyePwd
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The single largest cause of worker death is occupational disease – but prevention is possible. Until Oct. 31, get 50% off WHSC training: Asbestos, Chemical Hazards & WHMIS. 👉🏼 It’s not too late. Register now! #WorkplaceSafety #WHMIS #Asbestos
https://t.co/iZgD7vrUsA
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Event alert: Ergo Lunch & Learn @Carleton_U in Ottawa on Oct 29. Learn about ergonomic principles, tailoring workstation set-up, and making small changes to safeguard workers. https://t.co/1Ija5qvhhZ. Check out our ergonomic resources too https://t.co/A2ZaGqHmbK
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🚨Final Call! Get 50% OFF Asbestos, Chemical Hazards & WHMIS training – offers ends Oct. 31! Help prevent occupational disease with effective safety training. 👉🏼 Register today. #SafetyTraining #WHMIS #WorkplaceSafety
https://t.co/iZgD7vrUsA
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Since the incident, the company has implemented many corrective measures, including realigning and spacing racks properly, marking exclusion zones and replacing damaged equipment, the ministry says. Read more: https://t.co/cg0gmC3DY1
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Jason Ramsey of CUPE 4400 and certified WHSC instructor is awarded with CUPE’s 2025 National Health and Safety Award for his outstanding leadership in making workplaces safer. Congratulations and thank you for your dedication, Jason! Read the full story: https://t.co/Oebpd6cheU
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Regulators, employers, and supervisors need to move the line—earlier. And JHSCs/worker H&S reps/worker trades committees need to be involved in the process. Read the full story:
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Even with Canada’s ban on new asbestos products, the danger hasn’t gone away—it still lives in older buildings being maintained, renovated, or demolished.
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Despite Canada’s ban, asbestos in older buildings is still causing life-threatening disease long before Ontario’s 2,000-hour screening trigger. This is a serious system failure.
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Criminal charges and fines stemming from an Ottawa workplace explosion and fire that killed six workers underline the high cost of unsafe work. Proper OHS training can help. WHSC provides effective training for workers, their reps, supervisors & employers. https://t.co/7qQO2jouo4
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Occupational disease kills more Ontario workers than any other cause. Help prevent occupational disease. Register for quality, related training at WHSC and save 50% this October - https://t.co/Tzt2XkWrvA
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October 10, World Mental Health Day. Here’s an important reminder that when it comes to work, we need to tackle sources of mental injury, not just insist workers cope and become more resilient. https://t.co/FjOhsTiohv Learn more at WHSC. https://t.co/a57zO2lz8R
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Health effects linked to night shift work are many: metabolic diseases, infections, autoimmune disorders, cancers, and menstrual disorders: https://t.co/2Cwa414YaS Learn more about this priority hazard and how to better deal with it at WHSC https://t.co/2rbk0eSLY4
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Lack of meaningful social connections at work can lead to feelings of isolation and loneliness. https://t.co/zvlc2IJucJ Physical isolation is also connected with several safety concerns. Our Working Alone Resource Line provides more information: https://t.co/MZ1lcr7sBN
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