1. Risk Based Thinking in Health & Safety

2. Identifying Risks

3. Identifying Risks
Dead-End Careers
DATA PROCESSING (IT)
QUALITY
SAFETY

4. 3 Core Concepts of ISO 9001:2015 Identifying Risks
Manage the process & system using PDCA cycle.
Continually identify the processes needed to achieve planned results.
Monitor the risks (Risk Based Thinking).

5. Focus of Risk Based Thinking in H&S
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Focus of Risk Based Thinking in H&S
Reduce the risks to personnel and additional relevant parties.
Create a focus of continual improvement so as to constantly seek to improve health and safety standards in the workplace.
Ensuring that all activities are carried out, along with a company’s health and safety policy are in line with an internationally recognised standard.

6. Identifying Risks
Definitions
A hazard is anything that may cause harm, such as chemicals, electricity, working from ladders, an open drawer etc.;
The risk is the chance, high or low, that somebody could be harmed by these and other hazards, together with an indication of how serious the harm could be.

7. H&S Risk Assessment – How & When?
Introduction to MMI
H&S Risk Assessment – How & When?
Before a new process, before new changes to a process are introduced, when hazards are identified.

8. Why is a H&S Risk Assessment Important?
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Why is a H&S Risk Assessment Important?

9. Importance of H&S Risk Assessments
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Importance of H&S Risk Assessments
Create awareness of hazards and risk.
Identify who may be at risk (e.g., employees, cleaners, visitors, contractors, the public, etc.).
Determine whether a control program is required for a particular hazard.
Determine if existing control measures are adequate or if more should be done.
Prevent injuries or illnesses, especially when done at the design or planning stage.
Prioritize hazards and control measures.
Meet legal requirements where applicable.

10. What is Health & Safety? It’s The Law!
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What is Health & Safety?
It’s The Law!
Rules & Regulations that tell us how to do things safely.
Information about Health & Safety Hazards and how to avoid exposure to them, eliminate or control them.
Policies, Procedures and Safe Work Practices
Developed through accident / injury investigations, statistics
Construction, Industrial, Healthcare, Education, Agricultural.

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What is Health & Safety?
Reduce / eliminate fatalities, injuries, near misses
Reduce / eliminate longer term disabilities associated with repetitive work
Eliminate / control exposure to chemical & biological agents with the ability to cause long term disease, e.g. mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos
Improve business, productivity, employee morale, keep insurance costs down.
Develop a reputation as a good company to work for.

13. Internal Responsibility System (IRS)
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Internal Responsibility System (IRS)
The Occupational Health & Safety Act lays out the framework for an ‘Internal Responsibility System (IRS)’ for Ontario Workplaces.
The IRS is a system, within an organization, where EVERYONE has direct responsibility for health and safety as an essential part of his or her job.

14. PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR CO-WORKERS!
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Due Diligence
Definition – from an occupational health & safety standpoint, due diligence means that employers, supervisors and workers shall take all reasonable precautions under the circumstances to prevent accidents and incidents in the workplace.
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR CO-WORKERS!

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Duties of Employers
Some of the key responsibilities of an employer are:
To provide equipment, materials and protective devices that are in good condition and ensure they are used as required.
To ensure the measures and procedures required by the regulations are carried out in the workplace.
To provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health or safety of worker.
To ensure that when appointing a supervisor, they appoint a competent person.
Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the worker.

16. Duties of Supervisors Supervisors shall ensure that:
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Duties of Supervisors
Supervisors shall ensure that:
Workers work in compliance with the Act and Regulations.
Workers use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing required by the Employer.
Workers are advised of the existence of any potential or actual danger to their health or safety of which the supervisor is aware.
Where required, workers are provided with written instructions as to the measures and procedures to be taken for the protection of the worker.
Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the worker.
Supervise the work at all times either personally or by having an assistant, who is a competent person, do so personally.

17. Duties of Workers Identifying Risks Workers shall:
Work in compliance with the requirements of the OHSA and/or applicable regulations.
Use/wear the protective equipment and devices required by their employer.
Report to their supervisor any damaged equipment.
Report to their supervisor any contravention of the OHSA and/or applicable regulations.
Remove or modify any protective device without replacing it with a temporary protective device (must be replaced once the need to remove it has ceased).
Use or operate any equipment, in a way that may endanger themselves or others.
Engage in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running or rough and boisterous conduct.

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Offences & Penalties
The Ministry of Labour may initiate a prosecution against any regulated person (including employers, supervisors, and workers) for a contravention of the OHSA and / or the regulations, or for failing to comply with a MOL order.
Individuals
If convicted, a court may impose a fine and/or jail term against an individual defendant. The maximum fine per charge for an individual is $25,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 12 months.
Corporations
The maximum fine, which can be imposed on a corporation convicted of an offence, is $500,000 per charge.

19. Criminal Code of Canada
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Criminal Code of Canada
Maximum Penalties - Individuals
Max. penalty for criminal negligence causing death –
life imprisonment
Max. penalty for criminal negligence causing bodily harm –
10 years imprisonment
Maximum Penalties – Corporations/Organizations
Summary Conviction - $100,000 maximum fine
Indictment – no limit on the amount of the fine

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MOL Ticketing
A ticket provides an immediate and visible penalty for health and safety violations and is one of many tools used to enforce the law.
Employers, supervisors and workers can be issued tickets for certain violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act's industrial and construction regulations
Tickets are issued under the Provincial Offences Act and carry set fines, including court costs, typically $195 or $295, depending on the offence. If issued a ticket, the party can choose to either pay the fine or appear in a provincial court to dispute the offence.

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