Not alerting all of the right parties.
Not getting immediate legal advice from an OHS lawyer.
Waiting too long to start the investigation.
Counting on the government to do the investigation.
Disturbing the incident scene.
Failing to secure the incident scene.
Not documenting all of the key details about the scene.
Not …

Inspection Counts: Why It’s Not Enough Just to Have an OHS System
Two workers on an Ontario construction site are working with “live” machinery. One goes into the machine and is crushed to death. The machine should have been …

One of the most fundamental components of any effective OHS system is the creation of safety rules or procedures that address the hazards in that particular workplace. But simply creating safety rules isn’t enough even if those rules are …

The lesson: Just providing training and walking away isn’t good enough. To satisfy OHS training requirements you must make an active effort to verify that workers retained the lessons you taught them. The effort must also be ongoing. That …

Failure to provide safety training to workers is one of the most common OHS violations. A company that deliberately fails to train its workers deserves no sympathy. But it’s not just the “bad guys” who get into trouble. Companies …