Safe at Work Ontario

Safe At Work Ontario is a workplace health and safety program of the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) designed to:

• improve the health and safety culture of workplaces,
• reduce workplace injuries and illness,
• lessen the burden on the health care system,
• save costs for employers and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), and
• provide a level playing field for compliant companies.

MOL’s website provides information about Safe At Work Ontario, including:

• criteria for identifying workplaces for proactive inspections,
• information about workplace inspection "blitzes",
• Ontario Ministry of Labour sector plans,
• Internal Responsibility System (IRS) explained,
• links to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and related legislation, and
• view access to Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards referenced in Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act regulations.