Health and Safety

• Meal and break periods at work during COVID-19
• Surface rock drill rig equipment
• Using scientific evidence and principles to help determine the work-relatedness of cancer
• Resources to prevent COVID-19 in the workplace
• Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Alert: Silica exposure during countertop manufacturing and installing
• Report: Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario (April 2018 - March 2019)

• Guide to the OHSA
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• Health and Safety Awareness Training
• Mandatory Workplace Poster
• Healthy and Safe Ontario Workplaces Strategy
• Report an Incident
• File a workplace health and safety complaint
• Reprisals

• Construction
• Occupational Health Hazards and Illnesses
• Joint Health and Safety Committees
• Lifting Equipment
• Ergonomics in the Workplace

• Posting Requirements
• Small businesses
• Working at Heights Training
• Workplace Mental Health
• Workplace Violence and Harassment

Workplace fatalities have a tremendous impact on families, workplaces and communities.

View Fatalities (Updated April 2018)

Workplace Injury and Fatality Trends in Ontario

January 19, 2021
Cobalt Mining Company Fined $75,000 After Worker Injured by Conveyor

December 29, 2020
Two Workers Injured at Whitby Steel Plant Resulting in $115,000 Fine for Cambridge Company

December 21, 2020
Elevator Worker's Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for Ottawa Company

More Court Bulletins

January 21, 2021
Consultation on Proposed Amendments to Pre-Start Health and Review Requirements for Factories

January 8, 2021
First Aid Modernization Consultation

December 21, 2020
Amendments to Ontario Regulation 297/13 (Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training) 

More Notices

The ministry works closely with its partners to protect worker's health and safety on the job.

Association for workplace tragedy family support.